Repost: More articles, part one
Jun 4, 2008 20:06:33 GMT
Post by CharlieChomper on Jun 4, 2008 20:06:33 GMT
Disclaimer: As the title suggests, this is a reposting of an earlier thread. The information is still relevant as is the article and was important enough to where I've chosen to repost it here.
I almost hate to do this, but short of making one massive, massive post where the articles might get lost along the way or worse "flooding" the forum with posts (which I really am not about to do or attempt), I'm going to break up the articles depending on subject matter and try and group them together that way (although, with some topics--Microsoft, in particular--I'll see how things go and whether I'll further have to divide that up as well).
On that note, the first "section" involves news about one of the larger companies n the business of building and selling computers and the other regarding a notice that you should be aware of when purchasing any new hardware or devices (or anything that might be attached to a computer at some point now).
The first starts off by going on about a current situation and security notice that was filed in regards to a problem with a USB "hybrid" floppy drive that was produced by HP (it was never, however, released to the consumer market and largely ties into a series of HP servers) and having been "pre-infected" with malware which in turn made its way onto the server (most anti-virus software--provided they've been kept up to date--can detect and remove it).
However, this was not the first such incidence of malware appearing to be pre-loaded/infected onto a device (nor is HP the first company to have been somehow affected by this--however, in most of these situations, it's been the case of where the companies have not specified where in the production/manufacturing chain this has happened or which facilities they came from making it more difficult for those purchasing products where this has happened--although, the current likely suspect has been the factories where the items were produced). It also isn't limited to business-level devices or servers. It has been known to sometimes happen to consumer-level items as well (the most recent and notorious of which involved digital photo frames). The article comes from one of the security sites and provides a list of things to do and checking new hardware and the sorts of devices that you should keep an eye out for. The HP article can be found here if anyone wants to read it.
The second article involves Dell and their current plans to cease offering customization "plans" upon selling computers the way that most people have become accustomed to with them (and the way that things used to be with most companies in that business until sometime into the early `90s or so). It's also of note that currently Dell manufacturers a number of components they use for their systems (some video cards and even sometimes motherboards, memory, and usually cases and especially power supplies--which is among the reasons why some people who try and upgrade an existing power supply that was manufactured by Dell will sometimes run into problems if they choose to upgrade it to something else).
I'll post the next series of articles when I can get a chance to sort through them and organize them.
I almost hate to do this, but short of making one massive, massive post where the articles might get lost along the way or worse "flooding" the forum with posts (which I really am not about to do or attempt), I'm going to break up the articles depending on subject matter and try and group them together that way (although, with some topics--Microsoft, in particular--I'll see how things go and whether I'll further have to divide that up as well).
On that note, the first "section" involves news about one of the larger companies n the business of building and selling computers and the other regarding a notice that you should be aware of when purchasing any new hardware or devices (or anything that might be attached to a computer at some point now).
The first starts off by going on about a current situation and security notice that was filed in regards to a problem with a USB "hybrid" floppy drive that was produced by HP (it was never, however, released to the consumer market and largely ties into a series of HP servers) and having been "pre-infected" with malware which in turn made its way onto the server (most anti-virus software--provided they've been kept up to date--can detect and remove it).
However, this was not the first such incidence of malware appearing to be pre-loaded/infected onto a device (nor is HP the first company to have been somehow affected by this--however, in most of these situations, it's been the case of where the companies have not specified where in the production/manufacturing chain this has happened or which facilities they came from making it more difficult for those purchasing products where this has happened--although, the current likely suspect has been the factories where the items were produced). It also isn't limited to business-level devices or servers. It has been known to sometimes happen to consumer-level items as well (the most recent and notorious of which involved digital photo frames). The article comes from one of the security sites and provides a list of things to do and checking new hardware and the sorts of devices that you should keep an eye out for. The HP article can be found here if anyone wants to read it.
The second article involves Dell and their current plans to cease offering customization "plans" upon selling computers the way that most people have become accustomed to with them (and the way that things used to be with most companies in that business until sometime into the early `90s or so). It's also of note that currently Dell manufacturers a number of components they use for their systems (some video cards and even sometimes motherboards, memory, and usually cases and especially power supplies--which is among the reasons why some people who try and upgrade an existing power supply that was manufactured by Dell will sometimes run into problems if they choose to upgrade it to something else).
I'll post the next series of articles when I can get a chance to sort through them and organize them.
