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2008-08-18, 23:38
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Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
So yeah SWIM bought a used laptop off of the street of unknown origin.
It is an HP dual core, really nice model... .when SWIM boots it up there is some sort of Novell network login once windows is booted
I can access the BIOS, but apparently this safeguard app (which is in the Preboot environment)- after POST.... encrypts the HDD so I can not install another OS. - although I haven't tried it yet, because I need an external floppy drive to load the SATA drivers to put on a fresh XP load. The computer was designed for vista, but i assume it was some office computer with a network boot-loaded XP client?
Anyone have any tips or good information on how to get past this? I know that it is not a good idea to hook this computer up to a network for security and tracking issues, so I'll hold off... Hopefully it doesn't pick up a neighbors unsecured wireless network.
I believe the name of the program is Safeguard Easy v.4.10 or 4.11
before the OS loads, it asks if i want to cancel the autologin by hitting F2, i hit F2 and it prompts me for a username/pw, which I do not know
I'd be highly appreciative of any help
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2008-08-19, 00:00
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
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Originally Posted by RandumGuy
So yeah SWIM bought a used laptop off of the street of unknown origin.
It is an HP dual core, really nice model... .when SWIM boots it up there is some sort of Novell network login once windows is booted
I can access the BIOS, but apparently this safeguard app (which is in the Preboot environment)- after POST.... encrypts the HDD so I can not install another OS. - although I haven't tried it yet, because I need an external floppy drive to load the SATA drivers to put on a fresh XP load. The computer was designed for vista, but i assume it was some office computer with a network boot-loaded XP client?
Anyone have any tips or good information on how to get past this? I know that it is not a good idea to hook this computer up to a network for security and tracking issues, so I'll hold off... Hopefully it doesn't pick up a neighbors unsecured wireless network.
I believe the name of the program is Safeguard Easy v.4.10 or 4.11
before the OS loads, it asks if i want to cancel the autologin by hitting F2, i hit F2 and it prompts me for a username/pw, which I do not know
I'd be highly appreciative of any help
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Get a linux live CD, mount the drive, and format. That should clear it up.
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2008-08-19, 00:04
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
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Originally Posted by O RLY
Get a linux live CD, mount the drive, and format. That should clear it up.
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i believe the software is on the MBR and etc...
heres some info http://americas.utimaco.com/safeguard_easy/
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2008-08-19, 01:12
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
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Originally Posted by RandumGuy
i believe the software is on the MBR and etc...
heres some info http://americas.utimaco.com/safeguard_easy/
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So kill the MBR. That's just the first part of the disc, not some magic netherworld of evil.
The link says that it's an encryption product. You won't be able to read the files, you'll just have to overwrite them.
Might as well make a backup too, and keep it in a safe place, so that when you get caught, you'll be able to give them their files back.
Last edited by Prometheum; 2008-08-19 at 01:19.
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2008-08-19, 01:18
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
If it's in the MBR, and you're in a Linux LiveCD/LiveDVD, just login as root (should be easy -- there should be a default password they tell you, or no password at all). Now, execute "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1". Congrats, you've just killed the MBR on the first hard drive (if it's normal ATA, if SATA or SCSI it'd be a different name than /dev/hda).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by -SpectraL
Having actually been a signature for quite some time on the end of two well-known moderator's frequent posts, I can tell you it's not all it's cracked up to be. I got absolutely no royalties what-so-ever, even though I did patiently wait at the mail-slot for weeks on end, savoring the large checks due to come in! Next time I'm going to consult a lawyer first before allowing someone to abuse and flaunt me as their pet-signature. I mean, really! The noive!
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2008-08-19, 03:42
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
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Originally Posted by oddballz194
If it's in the MBR, and you're in a Linux LiveCD/LiveDVD, just login as root (should be easy -- there should be a default password they tell you, or no password at all). Now, execute "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1". Congrats, you've just killed the MBR on the first hard drive (if it's normal ATA, if SATA or SCSI it'd be a different name than /dev/hda).
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Wow... That is a nice little trick to know.
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2008-08-19, 14:15
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
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Originally Posted by O RLY
Wow... That is a nice little trick to know.
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Yep -- you can read or write directly to the virtual device files in *nix. It's handy for making .iso images from CD-ROMs, also -- "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=output.iso" does the trick.
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oddballz194@gmail.com <-- my email
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Originally Posted by -SpectraL
Having actually been a signature for quite some time on the end of two well-known moderator's frequent posts, I can tell you it's not all it's cracked up to be. I got absolutely no royalties what-so-ever, even though I did patiently wait at the mail-slot for weeks on end, savoring the large checks due to come in! Next time I'm going to consult a lawyer first before allowing someone to abuse and flaunt me as their pet-signature. I mean, really! The noive!
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2008-08-19, 21:13
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
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Originally Posted by oddballz194
If it's in the MBR, and you're in a Linux LiveCD/LiveDVD, just login as root (should be easy -- there should be a default password they tell you, or no password at all). Now, execute "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1". Congrats, you've just killed the MBR on the first hard drive (if it's normal ATA, if SATA or SCSI it'd be a different name than /dev/hda).
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thank you sir...
I have gotten past the safeguard... i've been monitoring the system before I plug it up to the web and i'm trying to see if lojack is installed... I've been looking for processes/registry keys/services called rpcnet.exe / dll, etc...
anyone know how to check for lojack?
I just wanna be on the safe side before i hook it up to the web
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# 9
2008-08-19, 21:48
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
If you install Gnu on the laptop, all software on the disk you wiped will be obliterated and any windows executables won't be able to run.
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# 10
2008-08-25, 20:25
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Re: Recently bought a laptop of unknown origin
How about this...You obviously have another computer to run Windows on.
Why not install *nix on the laptop?
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