Microsoft makes pirates two Chinese warning

Microsoft has developed a new plan to fight piracy in China, said China Tech News, with reference to information obtained from corporate communications staff of Microsoft.

The plan includes issuance of 20 October, two patches, which will be downloaded to a computer via automatic updates. They should encourage Chinese users of pirated versions of Windows XP and Microsoft Office to switch to licensed products.

The first patch will cause a black screen when downloading pirated Windows XP. To return to a normal type of desktop will need to change the background screen. But in the future, a black screen will appear every hour.

Because of the second patch for users of Microsoft Office piracy have difficulties with the toolbar. In addition, on-screen computers with pirated Microsoft products will appear periodically pop-up message that the user works with pirated software.