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Surprisingly, there's not one comment in this entire thread with either the word "remove" or "uninstall". Question: If there's a good chance a machine w/ one o

by aagha 12y ago

Surprisingly, there's not one comment in this entire thread with either the word "remove" or "uninstall". Question: If there's a good chance a machine w/ one of the said HD's has the NSA spying app, how do you remove it??

danenania 12y ago
Throw it in the garbage and get a new one?
kbart 12y ago
You can't. Unless you write your own HDD firmware. Buying new HDD won't help much as well, because all major HDD manufacturers have been infiltrated/persuaded by NSA.
- danmaz74 12y ago
  The drives get infected if the virus is executed, they don't come pre-infected.
  - kbart 12y ago
    It's not a mainstream malware, so if you get infected it means you are on NSA list and buying new HDD won't help, because vulnerability remains unless HDD manufacturer fix their firmware.