Buyers of new Seagate/Maxtor 300 & 500GB disks: BEWARE!

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Buyers of new Seagate/Maxtor 300 & 500GB disks: BEWARE!

#1 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:53 pm

Buyers of new Seagate/Maxtor 300 & 500GB disks: BEWARE!
You could 'buy' a Trojan or other Spystuff on your new hard disk!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=928&tag=nl.e589
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#2 Post by Thane_Bitter » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:52 pm

Interesting, my first computer consequently also came with a virus from the factory (though it was on a floppy disk, not a hard drive). The closing advice is excellent; wipe all media before you use it.
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