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Mini PC maker "AceMagic" ships systems with factory-installed spyware (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is probably a good reminder to not be tempted to buy random brand mini-PCs off Amazon and AliExpress.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I bought one of these mini PCs (Beelink SER5) a while back to use as a low power desktop and the first thing I did was nuke the default partitions and install Linux. Never trust preinstalled OS.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never forget when Lenovo stuck a injector in the uefi.

Lenovo Busted For Stealthily Installing Crapware Via BIOS On Fresh Windows Installs

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's probably not malware, but I was surprised to see an Asus software installer pop up in Windows last time I built a PC. Apparently it's in the motherboard firmware, but I think they at least offer an option to disable it. And it was visible, but I still don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah due to these rootkits I can never trust anything anymore...