In notebooks, Samsung found a program-keyloggers

Resource NetworkWorld reports that several new laptops from Samsung were detected keylogging programs that could be construed as an illegal invasion of privacy. After making a full scan in February 2011, produced by licensed commercial software in the laptop Samsung R525 was detected by StarLogger. Hidden program was able to track and store all input in any window of information, including a window for entering the password and personal information that later could be used by attackers to obtain these data. Representatives of the company Samsung has already responded to this message and stated that this information will be very carefully checked and the company tackles cause of keyloggers in the new laptops.

Keylogger program runs each time the system and does not manifest itself if it is not detected by antivirus. Faced with the problem on Samsung R525, further studies have shown that this is not the only model that can be purchased with such a program. Bought from another store a laptop Samsung R540 also had a "pre-» StarLogger in the same location as on the other computer. Initially, Samsung denies the very possibility of the presence of malware on the company's products, and the blame for the emergence of keylogger is left up to Microsoft, because «Samsung only develops hardware and software has nothing to do." Further representatives of the company was forced to admit that the installation of the software is implemented in Samsung, «in order to track the performance of the machine and find out what it is used.