Samsung Laptops Slovenian language directory mistaken for keylogger

[SparkyJJO]

Who cares china already has keyloggers and trojans embedded in our motherboard bios

tinfoil hat much?

 

[Zeze]

This could be the end of Samsung in the US.

To think Samsung could be this stupid after the Department of Justice told Sony that if something similar happens again their products will no longer be welcome here (Sony's rootkit found it's way onto government computers).

You think this would be end of Samsung? Your average idiots don't know how furious they should be.

This will be news you'll probably never hear again. Samsung will be fine in US.

 

[TridenT]

I really doubt Samsung is going to go out of business, lol... If they do, goodbye SSDs.

 

[OutHouse]

This could be the end of Samsung in the US.

i hope not i love their TV's

 

[Adul]

it isn't a key logger. Time to update the topic.

http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

Samsung notebooks are in fact secure
2011/03/31 11:57이슈와 Fact


The statements that Samsung installs keylogger on R525 and R540
laptop computers are false.


After investigating into this matter, it was found that the software installed
was in fact Vipre, not the commerical keylogger called StarLogger.

The confusion arose because Microsoft's Live Application multi-language
support folder, "SL" folder, was mistaken for StarLogger

(Live Application is Microsoft's application which provides messenger, email,
video, photo gallery functions. Depending on the language, under
C:\windows folders "SL" for Slovak, "KO" for Korean, "EN" for English are created.)

Samsung will continue to respect customer needs by providing the highest
quality products and services

 

[bfdd]

Adul, I hope that is true but after the Sony bullshit who knows.

 

[CottonRabbit]

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-laptops-do-not-have-keylogger.html
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002133.html

Sounds like some major fail by Network World and the antivirus maker.

 

[ch33zw1z]

i hope not i love their TV's

ditto..

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Cue the outrageous against the software dudes who made a retarded mistake. Should be sued into oblivion

 

[Numenorean]

This is why EVERY laptop and desktop I purchase from any retailer gets all partitions deleted and a fresh install of Windows the moment I get it.

This. Who wouldn't do this?

 

[Capt Caveman]

it isn't a key logger. Time to update the topic.

http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

And lock the thread.

 

[Anubis]

This. Who wouldn't do this?

100% of the general computer buying public

 

[Numenorean]

Well once you've got one, you want more and more, unlike when you've got a PC and want less and less.

Uhh, no. If I was given a Mac I would sell it and buy a PC. Macs are overpriced crap.

 

[AMDZen]

it isn't a key logger. Time to update the topic.

http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

And lock the thread.

So we're supposed to take Samsungs word for it and done, call it a day?

 

[Capt Caveman]

So we're supposed to take Samsungs word for it and done, call it a day?

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-laptops-do-not-have-keylogger.html

Samsung should sue VIPRE.

 

[Numenorean]

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-laptops-do-not-have-keylogger.html

Samsung should sue VIPRE.

And libel suits against a bunch of news outlets?

Sounds like this wasn't checked out very thoroughly.

 

[darkxshade]

And libel suits against a bunch of news outlets?

Sounds like this wasn't checked out very thoroughly.

If you sued news outlets for perpetuating false stories everytime it happened, there wouldn't be any news outlets left.

They should def sue the Hassan guy though. The news outlets aren't experts who follow up with everything they get, they just go with it if it's a good story.

 

[Numenorean]

If you sued news outlets for perpetuating false stories everytime it happened, there wouldn't be any news outlets left.

I fail to see the problem here.

 

[darkxshade]

I fail to see the problem here.

I never said there was a problem.

 

[Born2bwire]

Well dammit, now what am I supposed to get upset and all huffy about?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Well dammit, now what am I supposed to get upset and all huffy about?

Samsung put a keylogger on some Galaxy S phones. When I installed my current ROM on my Epic (Syndicate Frozen) the description talked about a Sprint/Samsung thing that basically records everything you do and sends it to them. One of the major features of the ROM is that it removes the monitoring software.

 

[AMCRambler]

I'd be interested to know what percentage of the screen shots contained porn lol. Would be an interesting statistic to see just how much pc's are used for that sort of thing vs other things.

 

[herkulease]

the funny this is that Hassan guy is an "expert"

the dumbass makes such wild claims it ridiculous. Its so hidden its in a readily viewable folder. The guy doesn't even bother to look inside to see the contents of the folder.

Guess his consulting job is gonna go to hell after this.

Oh and the computer security professor too. their credibility are shot.

 

[Ns1]

So we're supposed to take Samsungs word for it and done, call it a day?

"The directory in question was C:\WINDOWS\SL, and is the Slovenian language directory for Windows Live. This same directory path is used by the StarLogger keylogger."


seems to me like someone with a samsung laptop could easily verify this.

 

[her209]

Wonder how big this lawsuit will be...

The lawyer(s) are licking their chops as we speak.