![]() Application of LoJackīy preinstalling LoJack in the BIOS of laptops, Absolute Software’s partners can make sure that the devices, once stolen, can be retrieved through technical and legal means.ĭell, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Landrock, Texas, USA, is famous for producing, designing and selling home and office computers. With LoJack of Absolute Software, major laptop vendors can effectively improve the recovery probability of stolen laptops and protect consumers’ rights and interests, including personal privacy, data security, and property security. Log in with your own account to file a report about the theft to Absolute Software.Contact the local law enforcement to file a report about the theft.If a device installed with LoJack is stolen, It owner can take the following measures to retrieve the device. LoJack for Laptops periodically phones home to Absolute Software’s server to both announce its location and to check to see if the machine has been reported stolen.Īdditionally, LoJack for Laptops provides additional services of an investigations and recovery team who partners with law enforcement agencies around the world to return stolen laptops to their owners.Ĭurrently, LoJack for Laptops has been preinstalled in many BIOS images by most laptop vendors.įigure 1 Vendors that trust and have preinstalled LoJack With these anti-theft features built into the BIOS of a device, this software can continuously trace the stolen computer, as long as the device is connected to the Internet. ![]() This software is used to trace stolen laptops, with features including the abilities to remotely lock, delete files from, and locate the stolen laptop on a map. In 2005, Absolute Software released LoJack for Loaptops, also known as Computrace. Its products have set an industry standard for persistent endpoint security and data risk management for computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. "Our collaboration with Acer and Absolute is bringing customers new worldwide scalable hardware-based security solutions using Intel Anti-Theft Technology to deter theft.With a history of 20 years, Absolute Software has been a leading provider for device security, management, and tracking. "With the increase of business laptop sales, theft management has become an important issue for the rapidly growing mobile workforce," said George Thangadurai, director of Strategic Planning and general manager, Intel Anti-theft Services, Intel Mobile Platforms Group. Intel’s Anti-Theft technology allows the user to remotely or locally disable a laptop. The Computrace technology allows the user to remotely delete data from a missing or lost laptop, and allows the laptop to be tracked or recovered through Absolute’s Theft Recovery Team. "With this new collaboration between Acer, Intel and Absolute, Acer is giving their customers the best solutions available to track, manage and protect their mobile computers." Absolute and Acer have collaborated to embed Absolute's technology in the firmware for additional tamper-resistance," said John Livingston, Chairman and CEO of Absolute. "Customers have been able to use Computrace and Computrace LoJack for Laptops products on Acer computers for many years. With Computrace, customers can also activate the lock-down capabilities of Intel Anti-Theft Technology,” Absolute Software Corporation added. “Absolute and Acer customers can now have support for tamper-resistant computer security with the patented Computrace technology embedded during Acer's manufacturing process. The Acer TravelMate 64 notebooks will ship with Computrace technology from Absolute Software built into the BIOS firmware and Intel(R) Centrino(R) 2 Processors featuring Intel(R) Anti-Theft Technology, the company said. Absolute® Software Corporation (TSX: ABT) announced today that its Computrace® and Intel’s® Anti-Theft Technology would be shipped in Acer’s TravelMate 64 notebooks.
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