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expired Posted by Meowssi | Staff • Apr 11, 2025
Apr 11, 2025 3:55 PM
Ace Magician Mini PC: Intel N100, 12GB LPDDR5, 256GB SSD, Win11 Pro
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Just to name a few:
- Compromised BIOS/BMC/preload system
- Compromised drivers, since you export from what was shipped.
- Compromised hardware
It's safer to use network-capable devices from trusted manufacturers. Avoiding Chinese companies can also help reduce security risks.Many manufacturers have their pre-boot loader lased with instructiuons to download malware or ransom ware from an ip. That is the reason why these are banned in many countries.
Formatting HDD will not help as their firmware is laced with malware.
Show a single authentic source for this happening. The only thing I have found is a compromised partition on a HDD along with the OS partition itself. A complete clear (or replacement) of the SSD/HDD would eliminate this issue.
I challenge you to provide some form of evidence, in real world, not theoretical, of one of these manufacturers shipping custom firmware/bios with malware embedded and capable of reinstalling itself in the operating system after a complete wipe. I feel like a lot of people would be installing something like Linux on this anyway...which is even safer.
This would be very sophisticated, require $$$, and also some form of a way to constantly be maintained by the actors.
If you can provide some recent (as in last 10 years) evidence of this, we will all believe you. To me you just sound like an alarmist screaming theoreticals.
Help me understand how to redo the key / authorization in this process?
- Compromised BIOS/BMC/preload system
- Compromised drivers, since you export from what was shipped.
- Compromised hardware
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Bottom line, a super cheap computer is fun but there are only two reasons it is super cheap. Extremely cheap labor and parts, and/or it is doing something else like stealing your data. Nothing is free.
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From a command line after booting to a Windows ISO:
Diskpart
List disk
Select disk x
Clean
Exit
Proceed with Windows install.
Many manufacturers have their pre-boot loader lased with instructiuons to download malware or ransom ware from an ip. That is the reason why these are banned in many countries.
Formatting HDD will not help as their firmware is laced with malware.
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