Office one of most profitable applications of Microsoft , has yet again been cracked. This time even before the full version has been released. Since a product usually does not undergo any change after the RC stage other than bug fixes, this may very well mean that the final version will also face the same issue.

This has been made possible by replacing a office’s original authenticating files with those from office’s beta version, which can then be activated using the beta product key. Also some of the methods use a VLK edition where it is not necessary to enter a product until after installation of the office software. Both 32 bit and 64bit versions of office are affected by this problem.
Another issue was that the deadline (this is called as a time bomb) set in the pre- release product have also been circumvented, which simply means that the software will assume that it has been activated forever.