Re: Security Alert: Some PCs download and install software bythemselves

From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 06:33:06 MDT

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Harvey Newstrom wrote:

> Phoenix PCs with Windows 98 will automatically connect to the Internet,
> download software, and install it on your machine without asking, "for your
> convenience"!

1) old bits
2) you *trust* Win98? Or any code from a commercial vendor? Redmond,
   especially?

3) http://www.linuxbios.org

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a>
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