Weekend reports that Windows 7's product activation system has been cracked - less than a month after the new Microsoft operating system was officially released - comes as no surprise, says Fortify, the application vulnerability specialist.
"The RemoveWAT utility - also known as ChewWGA - exploits at least one of several probable security flaws on Windows 7 to allow a user to bypass the Windows Genuine Advantage registration procedure," said Richard Kirk, Fortify's European director.
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