Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Tool
RemoveWGA 1.2 will enable you to easily remove the Microsoft “Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications” tool (Security Update KB905474), which is calling home and connecting to MS servers every time you boot. Future updates of this notification tool will officially setup the connection rate to once every two weeks.
Microsoft is screwing with those using with the student key, etc. You shouldn’t be using auto-update anyway. You should be enabling it only to go to the site for an update scan, and then select ‘Custom’, so you choose your updates. Anyway, use this tool to clean up your PC.
Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had a legit copy, there is no decent point or reason to check it again and again every boot.
Moreover, connecting to Microsoft brings security issues for corporate networks, and privacy issues for everyone. It is also unclear what information is transmitted (Microsoft published an official answer, but individual studys brought some questions).
Microsoft used deceptive ways to make you install this tool (Urgent Security Update KB905474), and it gives you no extra security. I call it spyware.
Windows Genuine Advantage Notification is different than Windows Genuine Advantage Validation. RemoveWGA 1.2 only removes the notification file that phones home. It does not touch the Validation files.
Features:
· Tells you if the WGA notification tool is active on your system
· Allows you to remove the WGA notification tool from your system
· Accepts “-silent” command line parameter to silently check if the WGA notification tool is active on your system, and pops up only if it is found (useful for checking automatically at startup)
Download Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Tool:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zmhkdzo2dyy