Android TV box on Amazon came pre-installed with malware
submitted 1 year ago by SoCo from (bleepingcomputer.com)
[–]Brewdabier 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 1 year ago (0 children)
It's Amazon crap, they only sell counterfeit goods.
[–]SoCo[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 1 year ago (0 children)
I can't say I didn't expect 80% of obscure electronics from foreign countries to be full of malware...
with an AllWinner T616 processor,
Sounds like a Raspberry Pi
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