eBay: Certified Refurb Mini PC N95/N100 around $100, many others $98.39

cgott42

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Which brands are known to NOT have malware?

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glegeza

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Which brands are known to NOT have malware?

AceMagic is the only brand that's actually been confirmed to have any malware on their hardware, and the risk is effectively zero if you just fully wipe the drive and do a clean install.

I know I'm going to get downvoted for this, but the terror over BIOS-level malware is extreme fearmongering and not something that anyone has ever proven to be a real risk with typical consumer minipcs.

I wouldn't trust the copy of Windows that came on any "eBay refurbished" machine, but I also would never be afraid of the hardware itself. It's fine.

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Quote from cgott42

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Which brands are known to NOT have malware?

Great question.

Short answer: Probably none of them are fully clean. OS malware, BIOS malware, chip-embedded malware. It's just not worth it.

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Quote from glegeza

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AceMagic is the only brand that's actually been confirmed to have any malware on their hardware, and the risk is effectively zero if you just fully wipe the drive and do a clean install.

I know I'm going to get downvoted for this, but the terror over BIOS-level malware is extreme fearmongering and not something that anyone has ever proven to be a real risk with typical consumer minipcs.

I wouldn't trust the copy of Windows that came on any "eBay refurbished" machine, but I also would never be afraid of the hardware itself. It's fine.

Repped for facts.

eBay: Certified Refurb Mini PC N95/N100 around $100, many others $98.39

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