HP laptops covertly log users’ every keystroke, researchers warn

Re:HP laptops covertly log users’ every keystroke, researche... by boznz on Thursday May 11, 2017 @05:02PM (#14319490)

I just removed a fuck-ton of crapware from my new probook 17 as I do with all my new laptops this file was one of them thankfully.

The number of Windows 10 (Pro) processes at boot-up dropped from 112 to 80 (As a comparison it used to be 21 on Windows XP Pro but I guess that's progress)

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Re:HP laptops covertly log users’ every keystroke, researche... by chrisper on Thursday May 11, 2017 @05:19PM (#14319616)

Why didn't you just do a clean install?

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Re:HP laptops covertly log users’ every keystroke, researche... by qb45 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @05:22PM (#14319648)

Is it possible to install from a clean medium and have all this activation and licensing stuff handled on an OEM machine without paying for another license?

Last time I used Windows (Vista era) the only choice was OEM installer pre-filled with crapware and The Pirate Bay, neither exactly optimal.

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Re:HP laptops covertly log users’ every keystroke, researche... by vbezhenar on Thursday May 11, 2017 @05:39PM (#14319759)

Of course you can reinstall your OS from clean state and you could do it with any Windows. AFAIK Windows 10 will send your hardware information to Microsoft servers and will be activated automatically when you reinstall it.

Installing clean Windows and activating it with fake KMS server should work too, if you want to steal it.

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Re:HP laptops covertly log users’ every keystroke, researche... by chrisper on Thursday May 11, 2017 @06:04PM (#14319896)

I think in the newer Windows, they put the license key in the bios. That's the case with my Thinkpad at least. Whenever I reinstall Windows from scratch it detects the key automatically.

Thankfully, you can now also just download the Windows ISO from Microsoft directly.

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