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Windows have just released a certain update, KB940510, that may have some adverse effects on those with "less than legitimate" versions of Windows.

If you have downloaded the update and not restarted your computer you can quite easily remove the update.

If you have restarted your computer (most likely you have as you wouldn't be looking for a fix for something you haven't installed) then there isn't much you can do.

I have in fact made a an auto killer and deleter for the KB940510 update that kills the process of and deletes the update .exe that gives you a warning if you have a non-legit copy.

The update stopper can be found here and if you aren't a very trusting person you can find the source here to check for any viruses (or just scan it).

The program must be ran as administrator as it deletes the wgaer_m.exe file which is found in the system32 folder which requires administrative privileges.
The program runs every few seconds and does not take up much memory, however if you are unhappy with this just change the source and recompile it.

I recommend that you use windows task manager to run the program on startup, under properties make sure it is set to run as administrator.

If you have any problems you may email me but may not get back to you. Add ".co.uk" to the end of this and remove the i's: ailexi@ailexigeek.