I got a reminder from ebay that I needed to leave feedback for these items (thought I did). while there I found a FB from someone else who bought this misrepresented POS. It said to beware as this version (1.0.0.1 Russian I think) will NOT take ANY updates or mods... this was posted after I bought mine .. NATURALLY. was the first time I ever left any FB that was not a positive. this might be a help if there is anyone else that has this problem.
Sorry that I wasted everyones time..
P.S. I am now awaiting confirmation from Ubisoft