Microsoft faces the second WGA lawsuit

Microsoft has been called for the second lawsuit regarding the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy program, participants sued to act as 'spyware' on their systems.

Engineered Process Controls, Univex and several other groups launched a series of lawsuits on Friday and suggested that Microsoft installed 'spyware' on their computers as a bad security update.

In most recent lawsuits, these groups expressed that Microsoft violated fraud, abuse, and related misrepresentation of software programs intentionally.

However, Microsoft believes that neither lawsuit is able to show the proper picture of WGA. Microsoft spokesman said: ' These two cases have the same claims and both are not worthy. They distort our anti-copy program . and these behaviors are harmful to Microsoft and its customers . '

Although the features of WGA are designed to validate Windows software installed on users' computers, it has recently caused users to get angry when Microsoft starts work. distribute pre-existing WGAs as a high priority item that has been built into Windows updates.

The software scans user hardware and software for information such as their IP address that has been designed from the beginning to transmit information back to Microsoft regularly when users start their computers. But this huge software has been reduced in number compared to its regular release twice a month and users have knowledge of ways to disable WGA alerts.

Van Linh