You forgot the one important part: Make it a time-bomb that kills the machine (and make sure the NTP syncher is on). If the damage is done immediately, then it won't take long after the first person gets bit before everyone is wary of the patch, and many people who may even have legitimate keys are too scared to risk it.

It would simply be too easy to villainize microsoft at that point though. Headlines like "tens of thousands of microsoft customers lose all important data" will make EVERYONE think twice about using their software, not just the pirates.

You know, the more I think about it the more I like this idea.

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