Windows 7 RTM cracked en route
Windows 7 RTM released and cracked already, thanks to Microsoft, Lenovo, Hazar, and Orbit30
01 August 2009 by Jean De Daumier-SmithI've been away for a few months, moving around the globe. Situation with Windows 7 has become really interesting. First of all, it is extremely fast and reliable operating system, running with flying colors even on some old machines. Better than Vista. User experience and design apart, let's talk about Windows 7 availability and latest news.
At the and of July 2009, the final Windows 7 RTM release "leaked" to the wild and became available thru torrents, other p2p, and file-storing services like Rapidshare. Three months before general release.
Here's some details on Windows 7 Ultimate RTM English Retail DVD ISO Images:
32-bit (x86)
File Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Size: 2501894144 bytes
CRC: C1C20F76
MD5: D0B8B407E8A3D4B75EE9C10147266B89
SHA-1: 5395DC4B38F7BDB1E005FF414DEEDFDB16DBF610
64-bit (x64)
File Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
Size: 3224686592 bytes
CRC: 1F1257CA
MD5: F43D22E4FB07BF617D573ACD8785C028
SHA-1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7
The hashes are given to make sure you download the real thing, not modified by evil cracks in any way.
There are also OEM versions leaked, but they are almost identical, and there is no reason to chase a particular one. Retail as good as OEM and vice versa.
Otherwise you can also check the images with Windows 7 ISO Verifier from Long Zheng and Sven Groot, that should "generate a hash, [then it will] compare it with a list of known and trustworthy hashes of ISOs to tell you exactly which build version and architecture it is known to be. This list will be updated live over the web so you won’t have to redownload the app".
Hazar and Orbit30 — Microsoft's heroes
I'm trying to be ironical here, because the obvious piracy in that story only makes Microsoft richer and bigger in terms of operating systems market share. Hell a lot of money behind this accident.
So, what happened then? The OEM-SLP master key 22TKD-*****-*****-*****-***** has been stolen from Lenovo. That means that with certain BIOS (SLIC 2.1) mod or its emulation and certificate file in place, Windows 7 can be activated immediately!
The old trick (which is still valid for Windows Vista) has worked again.
Two smart guys — Hazar and Orbit30 from http://forums.mydigitallife.info — have released together an updated version of Windows 7 crack under the name of 7Loader. It activates Windows 7 Ultimate both 32 and 64 bit version in minutes. Hazar is supposed to be a 14 year old from UK.
I cannot imagine how many copies of Windows 7 RTM have been already activated, up and running. Thousands? One million? Given China is involved, I would take this number seriously.
I will continue to review the situation in details.
Microsoft can do nothing with that. The key will probably be blacklisted, but a dozen of others will appear.
Tags: Windows 7, Activation