Samsung Laptops Slovenian language directory mistaken for keylogger

[her209]

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

Samsung should sue VIPRE.

Ah.

 

[Adul]

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

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/new...ylogger-almost-certainly-a-false-positive.ars

After Samsung made its claim, security software company F-Secure went a step further, and demonstrated that VIPRE will indeed identify a directory named C:\Windows\SL as StarLogger—even if the directory is empty. While still not absolute, definitive proof that Hassan's laptops were free of malware, this is compelling evidence that VIPRE is prone to emitting erroneous, untrustworthy results—erroneous results that would explain away these allegations.

Neither Hassan nor NetworkWorld, who published his claims, provided any evidence beyond the directory name; no logging binaries, no logs, no e-mail traffic or screenshots. Hassan also explicitly disclaims the possibility of a false positive, though his logic for doing so boils down to "it's never done it before." Absent concrete evidence to the contrary, Samsung's explanation is both highly credible and completely innocuous, suggesting that Hassan and NetworkWorld jumped the gun.

 

[Juddog]

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

http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

Argh my anti-virus put up all kinds of flags from that site.

 

[Adul]

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.

You are talking about carrier IQ and it was required by Sprint and had the capability to log pretty much everything. They rom developers did note that everything was disabled as far as logging goes. They still removed it which happen to have a nice side effect of greatly increasing battery life.

 

[Ns1]

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/new...ylogger-almost-certainly-a-false-positive.ars

ah yes, the "it's never done it before" defense.

 

[Duder1no]

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

link to proof?

 

[AstroManLuca]

You are talking about carrier IQ and it was required by Sprint and had the capability to log pretty much everything. They rom developers did note that everything was disabled as far as logging goes. They still removed it which happen to have a nice side effect of greatly increasing battery life.

yeah that's the one