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Don't Let Your Battery Charger Expose Your PC To Hackers



March 09, 2010

The Consumerist: An Energizer Duo battery charger connected to a PC could expose users’ computers to hackers.

"If you're using the Energizer Duo battery charger, and have connected it to your PC to check the charge levels of the batteries, you may have inadvertently exposed yourself to a program that could give hackers access to your computer. The charger has been discontinued, and Energizer recommends removing the software along with the file that enables the backdoor."



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