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Alex Eckelberry, the General Manager of GFI Security (the company behind Sunbelt Software) and the false positive result from VIPRE that led to claims that Samsung was shipping the StarLogger keylogger, has apologised.

Published in Home Tech
Thursday, 31 March 2011 17:50

Samsung says it is spyware-free, blames VIPRE

Samsung has firmly denied reports that it is loading its laptops with spyware, something that would truly have been 'astonishing' if true, but Samsung says anti-virus software giving a false-positive is to blame for the snafu.

Published in Home Tech

Samsung's R540 notebook, which is alleged to have had the StarLogger spyware loaded onto it, is on sale in Australia. Who will be the first to confirm or deny that the Aussie R540 is clean - or infected?

Published in Home Tech

Remember when Sony was putting rootkits on its CDs and the thunderous outcry it caused? Now Samsung is being accused of putting keylogger spyware on its notebooks, but did Samsung really do it on purpose or it all some massive mistake?

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