Re: Laptop

["Michael A. Rodriguez" <MA-Rodriguez2 () WIU EDU>]

> From the Absolute Software site:

When embedded in the BIOS of computers by major OEMs, such as Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Motion Computing, 
Panasonic and Toshiba, the Computrace Agent can survive operating system re-installations, hard drive reformats and 
even hard drive replacements.

So the vendor claim is that you can remove it but it will reinstall itself and phone home. This is implied only for the 
BIOS version and not the version purchased from Best Buy and installed.

--
Michael A. Rodriguez, CISSP
Chief Technology Security Officer
Western Illinois University
ma-rodriguez2 () wiu edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Stevens" <sarah () STEVENS-TECHNOLOGIES COM>
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:24:15 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Laptop

If lo-jack is BIOS-based, and one has administrative access to the laptop, what stops the person from disabling the 
software?


Sarah E Stevens
Stevens Technologies, Inc.
(704) 625-8842 x500
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