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Microsoft OneCare Live Security Disables Laptop LoJack
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:45:52 GMT
Yippe-ki-yay. Via C|Net News. [snip] As Microsoft takes its first steps into the consumer PC security space, it is discovering that security software can do more than protect systems; it can also cause trouble. Windows OneCare Live, freely available as a test version since Nov. 29, has been found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack, an application that functions like a homing device to help recover a laptop after theft. [snip] http://news.com.com/Microsoft+security+zaps+laptop+tracer/2100-1002_3-5995763.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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