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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by g_p on Thursday November 16, 2017 @08:47AM (#15712545)
I believe the one you're referring to is the "Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)" feature, which has a slot in UEFI where an exe can be put, which is run by Windows during an install.

Couple of refs for anyone interested:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10039870

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=29544745#p2954...

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by tinus_hn on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:02AM (#15713710)
It actually runs on every boot, even worse. This is how overbroad nanny software like Computrace works, you can remove it but Windows will just reinstall it at boot.

Kind of a glaring security issue.

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