[Freedombox-discuss] factory-installed viruses

Nick Daly nick.m.daly at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 16:37:05 UTC 2012


On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Boruch Baum <boruch_baum at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a link to a post regarding some "Chinese-made laptops" - I
> thought ALL laptops were now being made in China, but that's a
> different matter.
>
> No word yet on factory-installed firmware-resident or
> hardware-resident viruses.
>
> http://rt.com/news/nitol-microsoft-malware-pre-installed-laptops-054/

So, this version, where the virus comes pre-installed on the OS, is a
more polite version of:

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428652/a-computer-infection-that-can-never-be-cured

Looks like my next box will be a Lemote.



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