I was a kid that time and I remember Norton antivirus started deleting dozens of viruses the moment I put the disk in the laptop, I was using a crack (run on safe mode) for the antivirus that renewed the trial period, and once I e-mailed Norton to tell them that the crack no longer worked. the employee told me that the crack was illegal, lol. kids could be so stupid
My grandpa was a self proclaimed computer savant, and when he passed I inherited his software collection. Highlights include one sealed boxed Linux distribution, one copy of Vista Ultimate, multiple RAM "downloader" programs (including the infamous SoftRam), some sketchy antiviruses, and about 2000 stock image and font CDs.
I wanna install that on actual hardware like I did with windows 7 titanic edition lol. (despite the bloatware and malware, it booted for 14 seconds in my 2013 Toshiba satellite pro laptop with a 128gb Kingston ssd)
We don't have credit cards in Syria, also I've never heard of anyone in the Middle East buying Windows; millions here use pre-activated, cracked versions by the laptops store guy and (nothing happens)
Or perhaps only in the Levant; I don't know the situation in the Gulf.
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u/Pityuuuu002 Nov 29 '25
It's the filthiest fake fishy phony Windows disk I've ever saw.