Major Australian Retailer Accused of Selling Infected Hard Drives

skegg writes "Dick Smith, a major Australian electronics retailer, is being accused of regularly selling used hard drives as new. Particularly disturbing is the claim that at least one drive contained malware-infested pirated movies, causing the unlucky buyer significant data loss. Apparently the Fair Trading Commissioner will be conducting an investigation."

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Re:Dick Smith

[syousef]

Actually, Dick Smith is a great guy. Dick Smith Electronics on the other hand has been owned by Woolworths for over 20 years now and is useless compared to its former glory.

Any guy who supports a CEO getting a >$1 Million day pay rise closing down the company the following day and inconveniencing travellers just pressure workers into accepting pay cuts or reduced below CPI pay rises doesn't qualify as great to me. Dick Smith is no better than Gerry Harvey. (I'm talking about Qantas for those who don't know).