the major software been targeted include microsoft, symantec, veritas, f-secure, surfcontrol, gfi, sybari and adobe products. microsoft has directed its users to www.howtotell.com to verify the authenticity of their products. its just a matter of time before the campaign start targeting small and medium enterprises and finally personal and home users (if its possible to enforce compliance). i know a number of organisations which run pirated versions of the said products. i tried convincing one to buy genuine microsoft products a few years ago and they said its expensive. but to keep business going i had to install for them the cracked version of microsoft office 2003 and a host of other programs now under scrutiny. most of these companies don't want to hear about intellectual property or copyright laws. they care not about getting software upgrades, security patches or updates given to legitimate users. convincing them to run open source software is also herculian task.