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Security bug in HP support app aids hackers
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| It's not the first trouble HP has had with rogue ActiveX controls in its
| pre-installed utilities. In December last year two ActiveX bugs created a
| mechanism for hackers to either thrash or inject hostile code onto HP PCs
| running either HP Software Update or HP Info Center, respectively.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/04/hp_support_app_multiple_vulns/
And now they want top put Silverlight and Live on each machine? It's even worse
and less secure.
Related:
'Bricking' bug threatens most HP, Compaq laptops
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| In a post to the milw0rm.com Web site Wednesday, a Polish security researcher
| who used the alias "porkythepig" spelled out a pair of vulnerabilities in an
| ActiveX control used by HP's Software Update, the patch management program
| bundled with virtually every HP- and Compaq-branded laptop.
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9053818&intsrc=hm_list
Recent:
Microsoft seeds HP PCs with Live Search
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| Ever determined to close the gap on Google, Microsoft has cut a deal with HP
| to dope all new PCs it flogs to North Americans with Live Search.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/06/02/microsoft_hp_live_search/
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