Users of pirated copies of Windows take heed: you should stay current on  all Microsoft security patches  just like everybody else. Microsoft has long had a policy of giving Windows pirates a free pass to download security patches. Yet many of the tens of millions of Windows pirates worldwide may not be aware of this policy, nor trust that Microsoft won't try to somehow penalize them, says Charles Wisniewski, security analyst at Sophos.

Richard's First Law of Security: Invisibility + Invincibility = Security. Unless you're going to download the patches through a TOR system, it's likely that you'll be leaving your IP address in their server along with whatever they're using for proof of un-licensed software. They may not do you today or ever, but they will probably know how to find you if they ever decide to go that route. Of course, if you're pirating their software you probably have it coming ...