Anything potentially sinister in this?

Viruses and worms
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I received a windows update for Vista Pro today and at the end of it my machine froze and I got an on-screen message saying my vista (bought from a Microsoft dealer for $200+ just before Xmas) may be counterfeit and something about 30 days grace. It said problem SLO7-002 unidentified software.

I’m hoping it is a false positive, but immediately after I ran avast and my avast came up with no virus but ‘an unable to scan’ not seeen before:

C:Users\home\AppData\Roaming…\backup.db

What is meant by roaming in this case?

PS: My Vista is showing the normal product key and windows genuine logo still, do you think I should contact Microsoft?

Thanks for any advice!

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That would be my first port of call

Roaming is the new name for documents and settings in XP all your ie temps etc are in there

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Hi hawick,

This message means to say, go run:
WsatConfig.exe -network:enable -endpointCert:53B7DAAA12C8D60FD10908328A45A707C299AAB5 etc…

polonus

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Thanks for answers, one which I understand, the other which goes far above my (admittedly simple) head!!! :-[

Will contact Microsoft, though with the genuine logo still appearing in ‘system’, and no indication of a 30 day warning period there, half of me thinks I might be better to let sleeping dogs stay exactly where they are!

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Thanks - yet again, guys - spoke with Microsoft, looks like I had a false positive’.

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You and a huge number of others, this is a very common occurrence.