
India was next in line with 91% pirated Windows coming pre-installed on brand new, box packed computers and laptops. According to Microsoft's report, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand reported 100% piracy in brand new PCs purchased off the shelves. The software piracy levels in some countries is unbelievably high. More than four in five (83%) of all brand new computers sold in these nine countries come pre-loaded with pirated software and malware. What they found is clearly disconcerting.

This revelation comes from a recently published Microsoft study, which included purchasing 166 Windows computers from nine Asian countries between May and July 2018. They found that almost all PCs and laptops sold through retail stores across various countries run exclusively on pirated copies of Windows 10 operating system.


Microsoft has uncovered a disturbing trend in Asia, while trying to ascertain the level of pirated software prevalent across different markets on the continent.
