I wrote a response this morning:

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-laptops-do-not-have-keylogger.html


Alex

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention

I find fault with both. :)

I agree with you.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention

Oh, I agree, but you seem to be finding fault with the tool.  I find fault 
witht he professional using the tool.
It seems to me, that many of us forget to test for repeatability, and fewer 
know how to do to that properly.  My opinion of a security research trying to 
make a name for himself, and there's no doubt that's what this episode was all 
about, should have enough intellectual rigor to attack the problem from all 
angles before "publishing" findings.  If I'm a client of NetSec Consulting 
(firm he founded), and I catch wind of this, I won't be a client for very long.




On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Michael B. Smith 
<mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
The challenge/issue here is that every AV has false positives.

Most of them, however, don't get written up and /.'ed. The original author 
should've tested with multiple engines.

And, as Vipre starts to play with the big boys, they are going to get "big-boy" 
levels of attention...

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/>

From: Jonathan Link 
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:04 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention

Has someone had a career changing event?


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Michael B. Smith 
<mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
And it's easily possible to reproduce with Vipre... It's a false alarm.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/samsung_keylogger_rumour_debunked/

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/>

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:44 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention

Samsung denies, according to their blog:
http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071

Cheers
Ken

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2011 7:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention

Nothing substantiated as yet, however.




ASB (Professional Bio<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>)
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:01 AM, 
<chipsh...@comcast.net<mailto:chipsh...@comcast.net>> wrote:

Interesting:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20048896-245.html



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