Couple Can Sue Laptop-Tracking Company (LoJack) for Spying on Sex Chats

[FromTheRafters]

"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0400, FromTheRafters <erratic.howard@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
>
> It's a rootkit in bios that will reinstall itself in any windows system.
>
> I don't know if it would damage a linux installation, or not. It
> definitely wouldn't work though.

I agree, what I meant was that if it leverages itself by modifying ntldr
or some other NT specific driver file in memory it wouldn't work on W98.
Or if some other driver specific to XP it wouldn't work on Vista etc..

I understand that they have one for the Mac too.

[FromTheRafters]

"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0400, FromTheRafters <erratic.howard@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
>
> It's a rootkit in bios that will reinstall itself in any windows system.
>
> I don't know if it would damage a linux installation, or not. It
> definitely wouldn't work though.

That's one of the good things about Linux. When a Windows
system OS is identified you be be very sure that certain
programs are there. You can know what editors are being
used, what browser in most cases, even what library files
are there. With Linux, all you can be sure of is that there is
a penguin graphic somewhere. )

[Dustin]

"FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in news:j3mbin$4p4$1
@dont-email.me:

>> Vanguard, You can flatten and rebuild a lojacked system all day long,
>> it's still going to be lojacked when you reload windows. [g]
>
> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
> that it was originally installed to work with? Like if it came
> with XP pro and you wiped it and loaded Vista would it only
> have limited functionality or is it capable of upgrading with
> the new OS when it phones home?

Nope. The dropped exe will happily install as a service on any NT based
OS. doesn't matter if you had vista and downgraded it to XP pro. You're
still going to get ****ed in the ass about 10 minutes after it sees an
internet connection go hot. It waits a few minutes, to make sure the
coast is clear. And really, if you don't know lojack, and many don't, you
aren't going far with the stolen lappy. You can switch to linux and avoid
the dropped exe tho. For now. [g]


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[FromTheRafters]

"Dustin" <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in news:j3mbin$4p4$1
> @dont-email.me:
>
>>> Vanguard, You can flatten and rebuild a lojacked system all day long,
>>> it's still going to be lojacked when you reload windows. [g]
>>
>> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
>> that it was originally installed to work with? Like if it came
>> with XP pro and you wiped it and loaded Vista would it only
>> have limited functionality or is it capable of upgrading with
>> the new OS when it phones home?
>
> Nope. The dropped exe will happily install as a service on any NT based
> OS. doesn't matter if you had vista and downgraded it to XP pro. You're
> still going to get ****ed in the ass about 10 minutes after it sees an
> internet connection go hot. It waits a few minutes, to make sure the
> coast is clear. And really, if you don't know lojack, and many don't, you
> aren't going far with the stolen lappy. You can switch to linux and avoid
> the dropped exe tho. For now. [g]

It would still phone-home with the current IP on every boot though too.