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ASUS' decisions to force unwanted software onto users has put them at risk, like with Armoury Crate, MyASUS and DriverHub, and even its "AI" security features in its routers. We sought peer review from a security researcher, Paul (aka "Mr Bruh"), to dig into the topics of ASUS' vulnerabilities and exploits. If you have ASUS software installed, you should think about removing it -- and you should minimally update it. Likewise, be careful of what data you feed into ASUS' RMA and warranty system.

Previous ASUS videos!

  • ASUS scammed us: youtube.com/watch?v=7pMrssIrKcY
  • ASUS face-to-face on warranties: youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ZoCYXmF0Q
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[โ€“] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, ASUS is in an awful state. Their Armory Crate malware* really just takes the cake on the whole thing.

*It literally survives through a full format and will run and create popups on your computer without any human interaction if you buy an ASUS motherboard. It's malware.

[โ€“] Yeno@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not that I support Asus doing this in any way, but last I saw there was an option in BIOS to enable and disable automatic armoury crate installation. Hope that helps someone. :)