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Would this be the feature that's causing my ASUS Motherboard to automatically install ASUS Armoury (some silly OEM app) every time I update my BIOS? It's frust
by scohesc 5y ago
Would this be the feature that's causing my ASUS Motherboard to automatically install ASUS Armoury (some silly OEM app) every time I update my BIOS?
It's frustrating to see more and more control of our machines being taken away and hidden under layers of firmware/hardware/closed source code - especially if it's exploitable like this... It seems like a very short-sighted bug!
However, I could see this feature being somewhat helpful for OEMS (Dell/HP deploying their "support assist" softwares for their devices if it's uninstalled/new copy of Windows.
- gruez 5y ago> Would this be the feature that's causing my ASUS Motherboard to automatically install ASUS Armoury (some silly OEM app) every time I update my BIOS? maybe? the other option is through window's auto driver update feature, which also runs arbitrary code. see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28273283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28273283
- shawnz 5y agoYes, I believe that feature uses WPBT. On my ASUS motherboard I was able to disable it by turning off "Q-Installer" in the BIOS settings.