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ASUS provides "extra" software Print
Written by Network News Journal Staff   
Thursday, 18 September 2008

ASUS HAS BEEN CAUGHT with their pants down with new recovery CDs provided to customers with late model laptops.  A reader over at PC Pro investigated why his anti-virus software alarm sounded only to be suprised by the contents of the recovery CD.  The software reacted to the presence of a keygen (credited to Freddy Kruger) for WinRar on the recovery disc.

After a little bit more searching through the disc they were able to pull up a directory named “crack” which apparently contained serial numbers for other software packages. Another directory that they were able to pull up contained confidential Microsoft documents for PC manufacturers and associated keys and program files.

Other Asus laptop owners have also reported the same keygen and other unusual files on their recovery discs.  Asus is investigating at a "high level" and was "unable to comment" on how the files got on the disc.

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