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What is wrong with Dell? Exploding batteries, motherboards with malicious code and many more... I just do not get it.
Dell ships motherboard with malicious code
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Wasn't it Sony that shipped a rootkit on some music CDs?
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HAHA yeah I remember that. I think that was back in 2005 or so. Wasn't that on purpose, though?
Edit: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columni...-rootkit_x.htm
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Remember just how many boxes Dell ships out. it's a ton...so there will be problems from time to time. Better to acknowledge it then pretend it doesn't exist. I work with quite a number of Dell servers these days and I have really changed my tune about them. I was 100% compaq proliant rack mounts in the past....but these new Dell in the R710 and R810 chassis's have been fantastic.
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Dell ships motherboard with malicious code
Posted: 21 Jul 2010
Dell has confirmed that some of its PowerEdge server motherboards were shipped to customers with malware code on the embedded server management firmware. The infected motherboard was found on replacement Dell PowerEdge R410 rack servers
UPDATE: After the publication of this story, Dell emailed the following statement from Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of server platforms.:
Dell is aware of the issue and is contacting affected customers. The issue affects a limited number of replacement motherboards in four servers - PowerEdge R310, PowerEdge R410, PowerEdge R510 and PowerEdge T410 – and only potentially manifests itself when a customer has a specific configuration and is not running current anti-virus software. This issue does not affect systems as shipped from our factory and is limited to replacement parts only. Dell has removed all impacted motherboards from its service supply chain and new shipping replacement stock does not contain the malware. Customers can find more information on Dell’s community forum.
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