severach
join:2002-09-12
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Re: Acer puts Active X hole on laptops
You can make your own disk for any brand. You only need to run that infested OEM install just long enough to grab a few things. My Acer doesn't have that malware.
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La Luna
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| said by severach  :You can make your own disk for any brand. You only need to run that infested OEM install just long enough to grab a few things. My Acer doesn't have that malware. » www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=63258 Comparatively speaking, Acer puts a lot less crap on their OEM's than many other brands. They didn't even pre-install Norton AV that came with mine, like so many others do.
This appears to be more of an error on their part, rather than a purposeful "malware" install.
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javaMan
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| said by La Luna :. . . This appears to be more of an error on their part, rather than a purposeful "malware" install. Certainly true but it does demonstrate the vulnerability inherent in ActiveX. Well, maybe not so much ActiveX as the trustworthiness of the those who use it. Which, in the end, is perhaps really the same thing.
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La Luna
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| said by javaMan :said by La Luna :. . . This appears to be more of an error on their part, rather than a purposeful "malware" install. Certainly true but it does demonstrate the vulnerability inherent in ActiveX. Well, maybe not so much ActiveX as the trustworthiness of the those who use it. Which, in the end, is perhaps really the same thing. Well, I think most of us already knew about ActiveX vulnerabilities (didn't we?  ).
I'm glad they at least patched this pretty quickly, once they were alerted to it.
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sharpy merc
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1 edit | said by La Luna :I'm glad they at least patched this pretty quickly, once they were alerted to it. What do you mean alerted to it. They put it on the bloody thing in the first place!
Kinda like "oops we forgot...Sorry people our bad."
more like " Oh crap we got caught!" |
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javaMan
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| said by sharpy merc :said by La Luna :I'm glad they at least patched this pretty quickly, once they were alerted to it. What do you mean alerted to it. They put it on the bloody thing in the first place! Kinda like "oops we forgot...Sorry people our bad." more like " Oh crap we got caught!" I think in reading about it there was a note somewhere that mentioned that it wasn't even being used anymore and apparently no one had bothered to follow up and remove it. It was just being installed for no reason other than to serve as a possible vector for disastrous abuse. 
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La Luna
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said by sharpy merc :said by La Luna :I'm glad they at least patched this pretty quickly, once they were alerted to it. What do you mean alerted to it. They put it on the bloody thing in the first place! Kinda like "oops we forgot...Sorry people our bad." more like " Oh crap we got caught!" Tinfoil anyone?
Please read the article. 
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