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Cnet is reporting that 57000+ Asus computers were compromised in 2018 via a hack of Asus's automated update service. details here:

https://www.cnet.com/news/hackers-took- ... ers-found/

Another excellent reason to install linux on a new machine from the get go.

Or do a fresh reinstallation of Windows to get rid of all the OEM bloatware, or at minimum just uninstall it all.

the victim mosly came from laptop with embedded windows pre installed, aka oem. only minor with desktop motherboard cause user must doing manual installation updater.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/asus- ... cking.html