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Saturday, April 2, 2011

FOLLOW UP: You dun' been Keylogged

A new news article came out just recently regarding the issue I blogged about earlier; the key-loggers on Samsung Laptops. As it turns out, there weren't actually key loggers on the laptops and Samsung was cleared of the allegations. After further research, they found out that what the researcher was finding was actually a program called VIPRE, which is falsely  identified as malware. It turns out that Windows live uses that directory to install language files, and Samsung pre-loads Windows Live. While the problem was fixed in the latest update for the software, it was too late to re-call the information already leaked. The false word of key-loggers on Samsung laptops spread all over the web. Now, Network World is under fire for not investigating the researchers allegations before publishing the news. Key-loggers: debunked. 
Rest assured, your Samsung laptops are safe, but for me this raises one question. Is your online information safe? The spread of information is growing faster and faster with improvements to the web. This story was spread all over the place in a matter of hours. Can information on the internet be trusted? Can you trust the internet with your information? What do you think?

14 comments:

  1. Wow thats really eye opening!
    Now I know to watch out

    Follo'd!

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  2. that news about samsung was crazy

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  3. thanks man, i really want to be dun beeing keylogged :D looking for more security tips in the future!

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  4. This is scary, im never getting a samsung computer ever

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  5. this is crazy! :O great post :D following and supporting!

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  6. good thing i dont have a samsung pc

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  7. hmm thats rather disturbing my friend.. but well written thanks for the update

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  8. my acer laptop is not so good, but it doesn't have any keyloggers :)

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  9. Good luck i dont own a samsmung then :)

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  10. hmm ill rather stay away from samsung laptops anyway :)

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  11. holly shit i know why i always format new boxes and make a fresh install

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  12. I don't actually think any internet info can be considered "safe"..!

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