If anyone gets one, and find the virus..if you don't mind I would like
if you could send it to me for analysis. Thanks.
-Josh Smith
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Frank Pagliughi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Josh Sled wrote:
>>
>> Frank Pagliughi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> It took some time but I finally got hold of a couple Eee Box PC's. I had
>>> some
>>> problems, but got Linux up and configured to run as a light-duty
>>> File/Subversion/VPN server. I'm using Fedora 8, which is what my primary
>>> customer uses, so it's what I use.
>>>
>>
>> Hopefully you're not affected ("only on some models […] mostly in
>> japan"), but:
>> http://hackaday.com/2008/10/09/buy-an-eee-box-get-a-free-virus/
>>
>> (Thanks for the writeup, btw!)
>>
>>
>
> That's a nice way to introduce a product. With a virus! But Linux to the
> rescue. I wiped it clean and installed Fedora before I connected it to
> anything.
>
> Oh, and after testing the power consumption I wandered away and left it
> running off the battery. Two days later I noticed, and it was still running.
> Hadn't killed the battery.
>
> Frank
>
