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GFI apologizes for false alarm on Samsung keyloggers

35 pointsby woanabout 14 years ago

4 comments

billybobabout 14 years ago
TL;DR - The software that "detected" the keyloggger was wrong, and the company that makes it acknowledged that.<p>The guy's apology was an actual apology, not spin. That was refreshing.
tobylaneabout 14 years ago
I'm not clicking all these links about this bit of news, but I'm not seeing any headlines about all the other crap OEMs really do put on computers. I was hoping an event like this might get more attention to all that rubbish we don't ever want, and we know what it really does unlike most users.
Getahobbyabout 14 years ago
This is actually probably going to be great publicity for Samsung - who even knew they sold workstations and laptops?
pjdavisabout 14 years ago
My favorite part of the old article was<p><pre><code> The findings are false-positive proof since I have used the tool that discovered it for six years now and I am yet to see it misidentify an item throughout the years. -M. E. Kabay</code></pre>