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Warning To Windows Users On Acer Laptops

#1 quietman7

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Posted 11 January 2007 - 12:14 PM

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Anyone using a laptop made by computer maker Acer Inc. should be aware of a serious security threat apparently resident on many -- if not all -- models shipped with Microsoft's Windows OS...

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix...ptop_users.html

More info here:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/08/0515200

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Posted 23 February 2007 - 11:11 PM

warning to anyone with acer computers with windows installed i had the file on my computer wether or not its malicous i dont know but i remved it anyway. Strange no anti-spy ware picked it up.

by the way the file you are loooking for is = lunchapp.ocx

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Posted 24 February 2007 - 03:57 AM

I wonder why specifically Acer computers

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 03:44 AM

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Anyone using a laptop made by computer maker Acer Inc. should be aware of a serious security threat apparently resident on many -- if not all -- models shipped with Microsoft's Windows OS...

Thanks for the info,quietman7 i am using an Acer laptop with Windows XP SP2 but it got reformat some time so does that still mean i have that thing? and if theres any help to detect it pls. help me t.y. in advance! :thumbsup:

This post has been edited by Commander Gman: 02 March 2007 - 03:54 AM

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 05:18 AM

If you used any Acer software when you reformated then I would still be concerned. Did you read the first paragraph in the WashingtonPost article (Update) and release of a fix?

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