[GRLUG] Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed

[john-thomas richards]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:40:33AM -0400, Casey DuBois wrote:
> Interesting story about Pre-Installed Viruses on Retail devices.
> 
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WireStory?id=4446944&page=2

I bought my wife a laptop that came with a virus pre-installed.  I
cannot remove the virus until the warranty is up (strangely, the
manufacturer, HP, voids the warranty if I replace the virus with Linux).
Alas.  In a year or so I can wipe out the virus and put Debian on it.
My wife even asked me if I would.  :-)
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john-thomas
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