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Two things: 1) This particular malware may be removable by reformatting and installing from a clean copy of Windows (which may not even be available without a
by ebbv 11y ago
Two things:
1) This particular malware may be removable by reformatting and installing from a clean copy of Windows (which may not even be available without a separate purchase, since it's likely that the recovery disc that comes with the laptop contains the same default software installation.)
2) Reformatting and reinstalling to remove the malware requires knowing that there's a problem, which you wouldn't have if the articles about it hadn't come out.
- yellowapple 11y agoFrom years of experience dealing with Windows preinstallations, I've defaulted to assuming that vendor-preinstalled operating systems contain malware/adware/etc. and installing a fresh copy of Windows (or better yet, GNU/Linux or one of the BSDs). While it's probably unreasonable to assume that all users can/should do this, it's certainly good advice, and it means that I've yet to be burned.