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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...brick_exploit/
More bundled software madness
By John Leyden
Published Friday 21st December 2007 23:12 GMT

A second bug in HP laptop utilities creates a means for hackers to turn PCs into "unbootable" bricks.

Flaws in the automatic software update tool bundled with HP notebooks might be abused to alter vital system files (in the kernel or elsewhere) leaving PC unbootable, according to a post on the milw0rm full disclosure mailing list.


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