Watch where you download software from. Windows 7 RC is available for free from Microsoft, but some people are getting their copies from bittorrent, or other download sites. Several pirated copies have a trojan that is creating a botnet. If you’re wanting to try Windows 7, get it through a legitimate source so that you know what you’re downloading.

I know Microsoft wants to keep track of everyone with a copy of the software, so they’re asking you to register with your Live ID. I personally think that they should make public the MD5/SHA1 hash of the download to help people avoid downloading a trojan.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am by Laura Raderman and is filed under general. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.