Dell has keyloggers in their notebooks

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cyber_rigger

Aug 16, 2006
3:46 PM CST
Quoting:

I called the police, as having a keylogger unknown to me in my laptop is a serious offense. They told me to call the Department of Homeland Security. At this point, I am in disbelief. Why would the DHS have a keylogger in my laptop? It was surreal.


http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm
jimf

Aug 16, 2006
3:53 PM CST 		I bet there are a bunch of post 911 laptops coming apart at this very moment ;-)...
cyber_rigger

Aug 16, 2006
3:59 PM CST 		I think it was a hoax.

I wouldn't put it past them though.

IMO Dell caters to everyone but their customers.
jimf

Aug 16, 2006
4:13 PM CST 		> I think it was a hoax.

You're probably right, but if I had a Dell 600m laptop, It would be in pieces in front of me right now.
dcparris

Aug 16, 2006
4:37 PM CST 		When I went and looked at it, it just seemed too familiar to me - thought I had seen something like this back before DHS was created. I searched, using a search service whose name is trademarked, for "dell key-logger":

[url=http://www.google.com/search?q=dell key-logger&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official]http://www.google.com/search?q=dell key-logger&start=0&ie=ut...[/url]

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