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Asus Ships Cracking Software On Recovery DVD

Posted by timothy on from the cold-sweat-in-taiwan dept.

Barence writes "Asus is accidentally shipping software crackers and confidential documents on the recovery DVDs that come with its laptops. The startling discovery was made by a PC Pro reader whose antivirus software was triggered by a key cracker for the WinRAR compression software, which was located on the recovery DVD for his Asus laptop. Along with the key cracker the disc also contained confidential Asus documents including a PowerPoint presentation that details 'major problems' identified by the company, including application compatibility issues. The UK reader is not alone, either — several users in the US and Australia have also found suspicious files on Asus discs."

8 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Software Crackers? by TheNecromancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they come with cheese?

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  2. All of this could have been avoided by Verteiron · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only they'd used 7zip instead! Oh, you fools!

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  3. One of the files is someone's resume by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To that person: If your goal was to get your resume noticed, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

  4. Well that's what you get by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Putting the CEO's dim-witted nephew Steve in charge of disc duplication seemed like such a good idea. I mean, how could anyone screw something THAT simple up, right?

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  5. The Butterfly Effect by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 5, Funny

    A guy burns a master CD while smoking a joint in Taiwan... Somewhere in Redmond, a large office chair is hurtled through a pane of glass.

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  6. Re:It happens, when QC isn't very high. Example: by BUL2294 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often, knowing the level of QC that happens in India and China.

    "The quality checking will be happening as optional."

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  7. This demonstrates the importance of formal English by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially in international, multi-cultural enterprises.

    When the executives said they wanted "Cracking software" on the CD, they meant it in the same way that Wallace does when he compliments Gromit on breakfast: "Cracking toast, Gromit!"

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  8. Re:Someone Is Getting Fired by Skrynesaver · · Score: 5, Funny

    True, I wonder why the BSA never got involved ;)

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