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Jack Rhysider· Host0:01

Hey, hey, it's Jack, host of the show. I went to Ikea the other day to buy a lamp, and, um, when I went in, I saw that they had a recall notice on the bulletin board. Their garlic press was getting recalled. They said that 10 people got injured using it, and I think, um, little metal bits would fall off and cut some fingers. So they stopped selling it and were issuing full refunds to anyone who bought one. And it made me think, hold on. Has this ever happened with computers? Like, has a store ever recalled a computer because it was dangerous? And what does dangerous mean? There was a story that came out a few years back, which was about a super cheap gaming computer that was being sold on Amazon. But little did anyone know, the computer came with malware on it. People who bought it would get their crypto wallets drained, their Steam accounts taken over, and their email compromised. The computers were made in China and came shipped with Windows 11. But the thing is, the company didn't wanna pay for Windows keys so that they could sell the computers cheaper. So they found a hacked version of Windows 11 installer which would bypass the whole license key thing. But the problem is, the installer would embed malware into the Windows install. So the seller didn't even know it had malware on it. Amazon reviews started showing up. "This computer is unsafe. Don't buy it. One star." And more reports came in about people saying that their computers came with malware on it. And I mean, if you got a new gaming PC, and during