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This is why having preinstalled bloat ware on your computer is bad. I’ve seen a lot of old outdated apps on consumer grade PC’s that reinstall themselves after
by sloshnmosh 5y ago
This is why having preinstalled bloat ware on your computer is bad.
I’ve seen a lot of old outdated apps on consumer grade PC’s that reinstall themselves after a factory restore that could be used by malware.
HP seems to be even worse than Dell in doing this and it’s recommended that you format the hard drive and install a clean OS
- paulmd 5y agoif a vendor makes use of the Windows Platform Binary Table then it can use the UEFI to persist even through a format. This is how Lenovo did the superfish thing (also used by various asset-theft-tracking services) and afaik it was never removed from Windows or the UEFI, Lenovo was just shamed into not using it.
- sloshnmosh 5y agoExcellent point! I had forgotten about the problem with this.