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Product review - Computrace LoJack for laptops {Gadling}
Oct 18th 2008 7:28PM Are you sure that you already do not have their
spyware program on your laptop. There are numerous
laptops sold all over with Computrace agent embedded
in BIOS, without customers being aware of that.
If by chance you are running Vista on that machine,
there is a (big?) chance that the agent is already
active, because contrary to their statements on their
web site, the agent in BIOS does not stay dormant
until they activate it through their software, it can
become active after some anti virus software installation.
For instance, popular Eset NOD32 Smart Security v.3.0
is known to activate that agent and from then on it
"phones home" on daily basis with reports on your
whereabouts. It also sends them the serial number of
your laptop, and who knows what else...
Besides that I do not advise baying this software,
especially if you run Vista Ultimate SP1. Then there
is a big chance that it will cause problems, and it
is not as secure as they at Absolute advertise.
Although it cannot be easily removed, it can be very
easily and effectively blocked. Blocking Coputrace
software from "calling home", is very trivial so any
thief, apart from a total moron, can find how with a
simple Google search.
