Subject: Re: [CGUYS] BigDog slobbers... Sent: 1/6/09 1:30 PM To: Computer Guys Discussion List, [email protected]
>I am flummoxed again. I recently hooked up my Lenovo USB Webcam ...a nice >little device. I went on the website to update to the latest drivers. >While downloading it, I noticed a note on the site. Apparently, the maker >of this (Vimicro) has, within the driver set for this, a running executable >titled "BigDog.exe" which triggers havoc with many of the spyware and >antivirus software packages. Now, what in the world would make a big player >like Lenovo let that kind of thing through? Of course, why did Sony let a >virus get out in its stuff a while back? Bloatware is not our only problem; >what about slopware? China has come a long way in terms of hardware build quality, but the software I see from there is mostly terrible. I think they and MS have a lot to learn about how the big boys do it. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
