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> modifying Windows' memory to inject a binary at boot time to inject their drivers/crapware into clean installs.

Wait, what? Did this thing at least have the courtesy to check that you were indeed booting Windows or would you just get random crashes if you tried to use the mainboard(!) with any other OS?

This stuff seems inches away from a supply chain attack.



https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2...

It's more that Microsoft would read & execute a binary from a specific place in memory, allowing companies to maintain persistence / ensure their drivers are always installed / ...




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