SUS Z390 motherboards install software and drivers without any user knowledge(techpowerup.com)

10 pointsby tcsl_armor8 anni fa6 comments

SUS Z390 motherboards install software and drivers without any user knowledge

https://www.techpowerup.com/248827/asus-z390-motherboards-automatically-push-software-into-your-windows-installation

5 comments

The ASUS UEFI firmware exposes an ACPI table to Windows 10, called "WPBT" or "Windows Platform Binary Table". WPBT is used in the pre-built OEM industry, and is referred to as "the Vendor's Rootkit." Put simply, it is a script that makes Windows copy data from the BIOS to the System32 folder on the machine and execute it during Windows startup - every single time the system is booted.

Security considerations aside, I would like to see the ability to auto-install drivers/software/etc. in the Bhyve UEFI BIOS. This would make running Windows VMs on FreeBSD/SmartOS/macOS much easier.

equalunique8 anni fa

Also might be a useful feature to port to other OS VMs, even Unikernels.

RL_Quine8 anni fa

Ha, they're using the Lojack rootkit backdoor to install drivers. That's nasty.

neuralRiot8 anni fa

What about other OS? If you're concerned about privacy installing W10 would be an extrange choice.

equalunique8 anni fa

*ASUS

cybervegan8 anni fa

Wait til Bloomberger get hold of this!