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Asus Ships Eee PCs With Malware

Posted by timothy on from the well-there's-your-first-mistake dept.

An anonymous reader writes "'According to an email sent out by Asus, PC Advisor reports, the Eee Box's 80GB hard drive has the recycled.exe virus files hidden in the drive's D: partition. When the drive is opened, the virus activates and attempts to infect the C: drive and any removable drives connected to the system.'"

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  1. Re:Linux Version by zukinux · · Score: -1, Troll

    I bet it doesn't come on the Linux version.

    When will we get equal treatment from hardware vendors?

    Don't be so sure that there's no viruses for Linux version in this EEE case.
    Simply because it wouldn't be so hard to just load a virus, written specifically to the Linux version that EEE is using. Shouldn't be hard and will achieve the same thing.

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  2. Re:Too bad they didn't stick with only Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh well. I guess some people didn't "get it".

    Orly?

    I'll tell you what I didn't get: an operating system that can speak WPA2 without shitting all over itself.

    So I loaded Windows.

  3. Re:How did they... by Nabeel_co · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think a better question is why would you buy an Eee PC with Windows on it? I say thats just karma teaching you a lesson! ;)

  4. Re:Close, but no cigar by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Troll
    Sigh. You're new here, let me try a car analogy.

    1) I'm not new here.

    2) Anyone who uses car analogies to explain computers is either a troll or an idiot.

  5. Re:Please clarify how it is remarkably stupid by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Troll

    A fully fledged computer is not a single purpose device,

    Sure it is. It's sole purpose is to transfer money from you to Microsoft and its' allies.

    Fortunately, there are alternatives.