I bought a mini-PC and got spyware. Pre-installed malware from the Bladabindi and Redline families was discovered on AceMagic computers

by alex

The company apologized for this

PC maker AceMagic appears to have installed spyware on its computers.

The author of the channel The Net Guy Reviews, during tests of the AceMagic AD08 PC, discovered suspicious files in the recovery partition from an NVMe drive installed inside the PC. As a result, two infected files were discovered: ENDEV and EDIDEV. The malware belongs to the Bladabindi and Redline families, which steal stored passwords from browsers and cryptocurrency wallets, log the victim's keystrokes and extract information from the infected system — among other illegal activities. Further scanning revealed the presence of other spyware files hiding in the Windows folder.  

The AceMagic brand is owned by Shenzhen Shanminheng Technology, also known as Minipc Union. She also owns the brands AceMagician, Kamrui, NiPoGi and CTONE. 

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It is worth saying that spyware was also discovered on other PCs of the company, including by other people. The author contacted the manufacturer with a request to comment on the situation and even received a response. 

Yes, the virus software issue has been resolved in the current product and will not appear again. The shipment sent to you was the first batch and we apologize that these issues have arisen and caused you some concern. But please don't worry, everything has been resolved properly now.  

What’s interesting is that AceMagic PCs have already been involved in a similar story before, although the software was different.  

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