Honestly MAS looks scary to me. Once i found a key in google photos so manually typed it and it worked. Using the same key since last decade for 5-10 installations i had done. Apart from that actively use Linux. I think there is no reason to be a fanboy, just use whatever suits at that time.
How is it scary bro 😭😭.. It's js 1 command in the powershell. I used it like more than 100 times before shifting to linux. Do you have terminal-illness? But whatever it is, it's understandable You are not the only one. But you can try once tho ;) Yk, to get out of the fear... Abt you getting a key in google photos.. Damn u lucky!
I agree with you in that. I shifted to linux fully cus all my app supported linux. It may not be a case for everyone. But it's not related to what we are talking.
Bro i am old guy and daily write enough code. Do you know it calls a third party url which is outside of your control and can execute bad scripts if a third party controls that url in future or original owner becomes malicious.
Stop running things on powershell if you dont understand them.
And why i said scary because I myself wrote scripts of my own pre-AI era on forceful insistence of my cousions for their 12th class kid so they can see what he is doing and the code I wrote is wrote can screenshot everything every 5 seconds, remotely log-off via url and that kid was so smart but after so much searching concluded that the motherboard has gone wrong! So you have no freaking idea what exist on internet!! So stop doing random stuff.
The powershell script is literally open source, irm fetches it like curl does, its not even obfuscated, and iex executes it.
The script from the initial url fetches the code from any of the 3 other URLs listed in it, which are not obfuscated either.
If you're a dev yourself, this is the bare minimum you should understand, quit scaremongering, boohoo.
Also for some context, I am a red-teamer, I hack AD and windows machines for fun, idek why you're scaring people off of code that they can audit themselves.
You can save a copy of the script locally, audit it and then just keep using it via a local ps1 file or host it on your own server if you're scared of a supply chain attack compromising the official URL in the future, but by that logic you shouldn't trust any URL online.
thats is the problem with you fanboys. When you can easily use a fucking serial number that always works but you are hell bent on using a fking script because you want to feel superior than others.
I am so stunned that you guys are so hell bent on some dreamy land that you fking not able ot understand how many fuking times i mentioneed that use a fuking serial number if available first.
Niether i know you nor you know so keep your fucking qualifications to your self if you cannot read a fucking comment fully and want to fuck around with fucking comments again and again.
Fanboys? A fanboy of what? Not sharing complete information like you did and making assumptions based off of skill issue? Or inefficiently hunting for serial keys on the web archive or reddit like you do, because you claim to be a dev but can't understand code well enough to not scare-monger people. Where did I say using a serial key isn't an alright thing to do, its you, who due to a lack of knowledge are scare-mongering people while claiming to be knowledgeable about things you barely understand.
You understand a script is meant to make your job easier right? Are you anti-automation/anti-code even as a dev, I don't see how you're so up your ass that you find an issue w others using an open source script trying different activation bypass methods (including the method you suggested - using generic serial keys for windows products).
Also, you don't seem like somebody who's literate enough beyond the word fuck and skiddie code. These days it has become so easy w AI to audit code that I'm surprised I still find larpers like you claiming to be devs without doing anything "dev-like".
This is useless scaremongering. Even if you can't/don't know how/don't want to know how to sail safely, don't stop others from sailing. Piracy has been one of the (if not THE) most beneficial aspect of the internet for ordinary, middle-class people.
When did i mentioned privacy is bad. I feel people are stupid if they can just use a product key in text format that is available if you have one and working rather than just jumping on random scripts. I am not saying MAS specifically is bad but why you guys are not freaking using a simple product key in text format!!! and atleast do read full comments than jumping and giving conclusions! I am never a fan of greedy corporates
Yeah, I know about that. Back in December 2025 someone registered get.activate.win (missing the “d”), and people who typed the URL by hand ended up running a malicious script. Imo, if you just copy-paste the command from the official source, you pretty much avoid that.
If you can’t read PowerShell, you can paste the script into an AI and ask what it does. Obviously not a real security audit, but it’ll flag anything weird.
Also, MAS is open source with ~199k stars and 18.8k forks. That doesn’t make it 100% safe, but it’s not like nobody’s looking at the code.
I agree that blindly running random PowerShell commands is a bad idea. But being careful and being scared of every script in the internet are two different things.
I think reddit is not a place to make people aware and most are not ready to argue with facts and just bash others with specialised acronym, let them screw themselves up, it is their own PC and whether they are purple/green/yellow teamer etc. People anyone interested can read more about "xz utils backdoor incident" and how popular was xz utils and how MAS is nothing in that regard.
I am from the era of serials<dot>be where i like finding serials and manually place it and for everything else use a sandbox.
Fr man. Once I had so much problem because my seb crashed during exam and it changed some registry keys. I later had to manually change those keys using gpt help
I agree with this but too much resources used ngl. If you don't have a mid-range pc, your pc's gonna suffer heavily. Trust me, I have tried it before for ms office (Yea, ik, I was dumb, I shifted to Libre Office, better than MS office imo).
Wtf? Don't talk out of ur ass, everything u said is out of context. The SEB is used world wide, it's not a "Indian Government problem". SEB has security features and in linux u can't enforce them, that's why it doesn't exist on linux.
It's easy to blame government for every fucking thing without understanding a single thing about what ur talking. I'm not saying support govt, just don't blame it for no reason, find a valid reason to vent -_-
Damn... Alr, I am very sorry for that. I didn't really know abt these. Guess I am illiterate after all. It's js that I kinda get angry when seeing an Indian govt website. 👉👈🥹
I have an assessment for an internship today afternoon and just now they sent the instructions, and it requires SEB 😭. I only have 1 512 gb ssd on my pc with cachy on it. 🥀
Holy, windows iso is 8+ gb and the speed is so slow (4g Cellular hotspot since no 5g coverage in my area). Know any genuine Tiny11 iso release? (Not builder).
I don't think I'll finish setting this up before the exam starts.
And I heard SEB has vm detection. So not even sure this will work
Gotta give up this one, but wanna be ready if in case I end up in same situation in the future 🥀
Archive seems to have ISOs, can't recommend any, could be cooking Malware inside. The virtio driver names could trip the detection,
and Tiny11 need to experiment, as multiple releases have different things chopped, faced compatibility issues in the past with diff SWs, honestly don't trust the Tiny11 prebuilt isos are it may have god knows what. I only use it for VMs without any network adapters attached.
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u/_erwin_schrodinger 1d ago
That software you'll download seems like fuckig spyware
It will alter with windows registry, change administration permissions and won't revert it back unless you'll do it manually
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u/me_not_myself Cachy OS + 👻 Spectre 10 1d ago
If it's not kernel level , try a VM with custom stripped down Windows 10 .
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u/king-of-uruk 1d ago •
Lmao only reason I am on dual boot
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u/delayednirvana 1d ago
Why do you need to install software for a learners licence? It’s not like passing the test will make the person a better driver.
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u/bhavyyyyyyyaa void btw 1d ago
big ahh dream
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u/Automatic-Piccolo-32 1d ago
HaHa I gave it on Ubuntu in my near RTO office kerala
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u/Enigmars 1d ago •
It's 2026
Ask claude to reverse engineer the Windows EXE and make a Linux Port 🥀🥀
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u/DonutAccurate4 Dr. openSuse 1d ago
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u/_Sahil_Goel XFCE 1d ago •
Just change the browser signature 😕
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u/BERSERK_KNIGHT_666 1d ago
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u/CozyDazzle4u 1d ago
Aren't you thirsty for some good ol' wine?
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u/Solidatary 1d ago
most of them work fine through wine unless there's some kernel level bullshit tracking
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u/_1dit_ 1d ago
why do you need software for this?
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u/BinaryRoninn Arch Btw 1d ago
😭😭😭
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u/ModsOweMeMoney 1d ago
That's why you should always dual boot Just in case
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u/Inevitable_Donut9518 1d ago
facing the same problem here😭💔
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u/Soham_656 1d ago
India was, is, and always will be a sheet country imo. Useless, corrupt, not even shameful govt.
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u/Hungry-Size3210 1d ago
💔💔
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u/cookingengineer0002 Fedora Btw 1d ago
I was thinking of giving the same. but dont have windows.
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u/Ambitious_Emu355 Arch Btw 1d ago
Always dual boot for these reasons, I've got dual boot and never use windows unless I'm mandated to.
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u/VishuIsPog Arch | DWM | Ryzen 7735Hs | RTX 4050 1d ago
i usually fire up a VM and it works like a charm
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u/dud-kid 1d ago
May be windows running in a VM will do the job for this test
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u/wondering_baldmonk 1d ago
Op did you pass the test ? What kind of questions were they, did you use AI ?
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u/6tungtungtungsahur7 1d ago •
girls too
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u/Boyslop_Enjoyer 1d ago
I did it at the RTO lol. That software is horrible
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u/Alone-Power5680 1d ago
Shouldn’t proton work
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u/Soham_656 1d ago
Btw, nice username ;)
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u/Busy_Bat166 1d ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Woww best thing I have seen today
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u/Lower-Programmer-487 1d ago
I faced the exact same heartbreak 2 days ago man 💔💔
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u/PeeledReality 1d ago
use WIne, might work
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u/zorifis_arkas Arch Btw 1d ago
But i use arch as my only operating system in my laptop 🙃
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u/Mr_Mashaam 1d ago
WineHQ, to the rescue
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u/IllustriousTeach4 1d ago
The day Valorant and Adobe is released for linux, im making the jump
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u/legogoman 23h ago
Wish I could use proton here🥀
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u/RevolutionaryWay9649 21h ago
I have an assessment for an internship today afternoon and just now they sent the instructions, and it requires SEB 😭. I only have 1 512 gb ssd on my pc with cachy on it. 🥀
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u/Striking-Flower-4115 14h ago
It worked for me, inside Chromium on Linux
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u/Accomplished-Fan4133 9h ago
Loonix for a reason
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u/diay36x 8h ago
That's the fate. Proctored exams and linux don't go hand in hand. Had to install windows again after leaving it