We'll start by saying that we've reached out to Samsung for a retroaction here, but as of now, no reply has been given -- neither a confirmation nor a refusal of truth. Why bother relating that? If this here story proves true, Sammy could have a serious problem on its hands -- a problem that'll definitely start with a rash of nullification PR, and a quandary that could very well end the outfit up in the courtroom. by the numbers to a report by Mohamed Hassan over at Network World, Samsung allegedly took the initiative to install a keylogger into his newly purchased R525 and R540 laptops. The app was noticed right away after a shield scan on both systems, with StarLogger popping up with the c:windowsSL directory. Where things really get strange is on the support line; reportedly, a supervisor upon Mr. Hassan (after an earlier denial) that the company did indeed install the os at the factory in order to "monitor the exploit of the machine and to find out how it is being used." Unfortunately, it's tough to say if this is a conversant issue, or if the tale is entirely correct, but we get the feeling that Samsung will have little choice but to respond in some form or fashion here shortly. Naturally, we'll keep you abreast of the latitude -- meanwhile, you may want to reexamine that hate-filled comment you're about to bang out on your Samsung laptop, and instead, feast your eyes on the video just past the break.



Update: Kudos to Samsung for hitting this head-on. An hour after we inquired for comment, a company protagonist tossed over this official quote: "Samsung takes Mr. Hassan's claims very seriously. After system of the endemic post this morning on NetworkWorld.com, we launched an inward search into this issue. We will provide further aplomb as soon as it is available."



Update 2: Samsung's 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
share this: Korean sound blog, Samsung Tomorrow, has a posted an update calling the findings false. by the book to Samsung, the confusion arose when the VIPRE or stress.
fastness unix mistakenly identified Microsoft's Slovene talk folder ("SL") as Starlogger, which Sammy was able to recreate from an empty c:windowsSL folder (see image above). So yeah, move along, it's much ado about nothing -- the R525 and R540 laptops are totally safe.



Update 3: Even GFI macos has stepped up and deep-rooted the good news; furthermore, it'll be emendation the way it structures things so as not to set off any more false-positives.

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