Microsoft Security Essentials/Windows Defender will now detect & zap potentially dangerous Dell cert - Polidicks

[url]http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-defender-removes-potentially-dangerous-dell-certificate/[/url] [quote=ZDNet]Earlier this week, security experts discovered a pair of root certificates, installed by default on some Dell computers, that could allow an attacker to compromise the machines with ease. The incident is reminiscent of a similar security blunder earlier in the year from Lenovo, which exposed its customers to a similar vulnerability by preinstalling the Superfish adware. Dell's vulnerable certificates aren't part of a money-making scheme, as Lenovo's were, but instead were part of support tools. And beginning today, they're being identified and automatically removed from PCs by the built-in Windows Defender security software included with all modern Windows versions.[/quote]

1 more reason for me to not like Dell computers

So, Dell computers are now a potential risk to your computer. I think the only way to protect your computer is to destroy it with a voltage change. But seriously aren't these things normally a chip on the motherboard?

[QUOTE=Passing;49196789]So, Dell computers are now a potential risk to your computer. I think the only way to protect your computer is to destroy it with a voltage change. But seriously aren't these things normally a chip on the motherboard?[/QUOTE] what

[QUOTE=Passing;49196789]So, Dell computers are now a potential risk to your computer. I think the only way to protect your computer is to destroy it with a voltage change. But seriously aren't these things normally a chip on the motherboard?[/QUOTE] It's a certificate installed with Dell's support tools, you can just delete it, what are you on about?

[QUOTE=Smoot;49196801]what[/QUOTE] Someone took "zap" too literally. EDIT: Actually i dont know what the entire post means

[QUOTE=Smoot;49196801]what[/QUOTE] Someone's tinfoil is on too tight.

[QUOTE=draugur;49196906]Someone's tinfoil is on too tight.[/QUOTE] The Lenovo adware [I]is[/I] a chip on the motherboard. Kind of. (It's software, but it's still on there and not on the HDD.) There's a Windows interface that lets the hardware install software each time the system is reinstalled (which is supposed to be used for drivers), so it can actually happen.

[QUOTE=Tamschi;49196942]The Lenovo's adware [I]is[/I] a chip on the motherboard. Kind of. (It's software, but it's still on there and not on the HDD.) There's a Windows interface that lets the hardware install software each time the system is reinstalled (which is supposed to be used for drivers), so it can actually happen.[/QUOTE] I see someone is paying attention. Good job!

Lenovo suuuuuuucks

[QUOTE=Passing;49196986]I see someone is paying attention. Good job![/QUOTE] If you were paying attention you'd know this one isn't that :v: Also I'm pretty sure removing the Lenovo one doesn't involve putting a voltage spike through the chip.

I was talking bout dell computers not that.

We know what you were talking about, and in both accounts you're wrong. Also if you have a need to keep information secure and are buying Dell, Levono, etc you've already made a number of huge mistakes anyway.