Absolute Home & Office
computer software
Absolute Home & Office (originally known as CompuTrace, and LoJack for Laptops) is a proprietary laptop theft recovery software (laptop tracking software). The persistent security features are built into the firmware of devices. Absolute Home & Office has services of an investigations and recovery team who partners with law enforcement agencies to return laptops to their owners. Absolute Security licensed the name LoJack from the vehicle recovery service LoJack in 2005.
Analysis of Absolute Home & Office (LoJack) by Kaspersky Lab shows that in rare cases, the software was preactivated without user authorization. The software agent behaves like a rootkit, reinstalling a small installer agent into the Windows OS at boot time. This installer later downloads the full agent from Absolute Security's servers via the internet. This installer is vulnerable to certain local attacks, and attacks from hackers who can control network communications of the victim.
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Once installed, the Absolute Home & Office agent makes itself persistent by making an initial call to the "Monitoring Center". The software may be updated by modules, downloaded from a command server.
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