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  1. In the Acer leak, it says all their digital signing keys were leaked. Is there any way to change the locks so speak, so that the leaked keys stop working?? If not, anybody with the key can sign a new bios for my laptop, right?
  2. that's the BIG rub.. and I just found out all of Acer's tools are floating around the Internet as of a few days ago, which would make what I'm experiencing much more plausible. Am I right to say that this leak makes all Acer computers more vulnerable to firmware/persistent malware? How are antiviruses going to keep up with this? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/acer-confirms-breach-after-160gb-of-data-for-sale-on-hacking-forum/
  3. Does the Sysrescue CD have UEFI scanning? The blue screen was odd, but Firefox disappearing and the Brave icon turning into a white square was very unusual. Also being able to boot on my backup SSD was ok at first, but only the Firefox profile was not working, and the strange "Unable to log in".. That's without Internet even connected at all. It seems like something was targeting Firefox to me. I have never had Firefox disappear.. and I had the latest version, so no update was pending. I also hadn't had a system freeze since it was installed.
  4. I have a router that I suspect may have delivered malware to my Acer Nitro5 laptop, which could be persistent somewhere other than the HDD. I was using bitdefender which did not help at all, and once connected to the router, the laptop froze, and subsequently Firefox disappeared completely after restart, no longer installed at all, and icons started turning into white blocks. I installed a backup SSD, which used to work perfectly on this laptop, and it threw strange errors, like Unable to Read Firefox profile, and Unable to Log into Windows, even after being logged in. After a shutdown, battery disconnect, and startup again, I got a blue screen, so I went on to a 3rd SSD which seems to run fine now. The question is, what's the best action at this point? Should I connect it to Internet to get ESET?, .. if there is still some malware remaining, it would be a good idea to be separated from the Internet to avoid downloading extra malware. Is there an offline ESET scanner I should use? Any help is appreciated. I'll be switching to ESET, as bitdefender did not help at all. thanks
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