Dodgy Windows 7 key in ’stops working’ shock

At the end of January I described how keys sold for a few pounds on eBay were being used to activate copies of Windows 7. I bought one from an American seller for £6.50, typed in the code and watched as the software passed all Microsoft’s “Genuine Advantage” tests.
Today, exactly four months after I [...]

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate sells on eBay for £6.50 instead of £229.99

Traders on eBay are selling hundreds of activation keys a day which allow users to install Microsoft’s most expensive version of Windows for less than a twentieth of its lowest discounted price.
And the world’s largest software company seems incapable of stopping the trade.
The Caledonian Mercury paid £6.50 to one of dozens of eBay sellers offering [...]