I was looking at this article.
its really very interesting.
I do not like they way vista is working this product activation, they are opening it up for vista cracks to work as trojans.
I can confirm the cracking tools are out there. I easily found Web links to torrents of the crack. Supposedly the software contains a VMware image and visual basic script that acts as a pseudo activation server for Windows Vista. The user obtains a Windows Vista image file--also available on torrents--and activates against the pseudo server.
Full Article.
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/vista_crack_means_big_trouble.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535