[GRLUG] Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed

[David Pembrook]

john-thomas richards wrote:
> 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.  :-)
>   
Why wait?

You could make those nice restore cd/dvd's that they never bother to 
include any more... Use it with Linux, if it need factory work, restore 
the original os.

Dave