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Lenovo Has Been Selling Laptops with Malware Pre-Installed
Yahoo Tech ^
| Feb. 19, 2015
Posted on 02/19/2015 11:58:24 AM PST by Wolfie
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posted on
02/19/2015 11:58:24 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Wolfie
Well, that saves tons of time..................
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:00:01 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Wolfie
Lenovo was banned at my workplace years ago, for trying to phone home.
Lenovo == Peoples’ Republic of China.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:00:20 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: Wolfie
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:00:55 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Wolfie
Who is this Malware guy and how did they get him to fit inside a computer cabinet?
Malware... Must be Italian.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:02:47 PM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: Wolfie
Lenovo = Red China = No thanks
To: Wolfie
It’s a feature, not a bug!
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:03:46 PM PST
by
Regulator
To: Wolfie
Lenovo customers have already paid for Windows in their laptops, so they will have to shell out another $120 for a copy of Windows 8.1. People still pay for Windows?!!!
PT Barnum said it best Theres a sucker born every minute.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:05:04 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Wolfie
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:06:14 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: NorthMountain
The program analyzes images you see on the Web and presents similar products that might have lower prices.
Ah so, it also takes up cpu cycles in addition to memory...
Reminds me of a documentary on spies trying to discern what was going on with Reagan's Star Wars research.
A very anal [retentive] systems adminstrator noticed some missing cpu time, in the order of a couple hundred milliseconds (iirc), and it led to the breaking of a spy ring.
To: Wolfie
Lenovo's New Marketing Slogan....
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:07:01 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
To: Calvin Locke
I worked as SYSADM for a while (aeons ago).
A man’s got to know his limitations. I’m simply NOT anal retentive enough for the job. I moved on to other things ...
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:10:34 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: Calvin Locke
“The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage”
Cliff Stoll
???
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:14:41 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(BINGO!)
To: Wolfie
professional malware. walware you can trust.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:16:18 PM PST
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Calvin Locke
There was a book named “The Cukoo’s Egg” by Richard Stoll that described the whole process of discovering and eventually tracking down the hackers. While it’s been a number of years since I’ve read it, I do recall that it was a very interesting story and very well told.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:29:24 PM PST
by
Bob
(Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
To: sten
Using Linux Cinnamon Mint 17.1 right now. Best OS I have ever used. And it’s running on half the hardware of my windoze boxes and is still faster.
Everything works. You should give it a try. I cobbled this pc together out of spare parts and it blows windoze away.
i.e. My linux box only has a single 64-bit Athlon, 2gb RAM and does circles around my dual-proc 4gb RAM windoze boxes.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:30:38 PM PST
by
bicyclerepair
(Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
To: Wolfie
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:30:42 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
To: NorthMountain
Lenovo == Peoples Republic of China.
Besides the Mac Pro, which is made in Texas, name three computers made in the USA.
In that rush to make cheaper computers, we really screwed things up.
To: Wolfie
This is why I build my own. There's always some jerk out there willing to sell you
down the road for a few more nickels, and that's all your security is worth to them.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:31:50 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: Wolfie
Not a problem. Any new pc arrives here, we immediately dump the pre-installed crap OS and install linux. No problems whatsoever for years now, and Opera rounds out the install.
Have several extra ‘doze COA and sernos lying about as well going back to 98SE at least.
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posted on
02/19/2015 12:34:00 PM PST
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
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