This is great news. There are PC's that come preloaded with this malware [1] on Amazon, yet another reason to blow away the pre-installed OS and burn the image with Rufus to disable the hardware checks and Microsoft account requirements [2]. Even if the vendor has cleaned up their act, there are still loads of these machines in the Amazon warehouse.
This is great news. There are PC's that come preloaded with this malware [1] on Amazon, yet another reason to blow away the pre-installed OS and burn the image with Rufus to disable the hardware checks and Microsoft account requirements [2]. Even if the vendor has cleaned up their act, there are still loads of these machines in the Amazon warehouse.
[1] - https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/29/acemagic_chinese_pc_m...
[2] - https://rufus.ie/pics/screenshot4_en.png