Lenovo ...weren't they IBM ...weren't they the "Big Boys" ...or just the "Big Dog" now ??
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Piwowar [mailto:t...@tjpa.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: Re: BigDog slobbers... Subject: Re: [CGUYS] BigDog slobbers... Sent: 1/6/09 1:30 PM To: Computer Guys Discussion List, COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >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/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
