Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:07:04 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:
>/lib/modules/3.13.0-79-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_laptop.ko
>
>That looks like the basic Linux kernel.  These include about 20 
>directories called "chrome".

That's a driver for hardware and perhaps all those platform drivers
are an all-American and Japanese world conspiracy ;).

[root at moonstudio ~]# ls
-hAl /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/platform/chrome/ total 84K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  24K Sep 19 23:41 chromeos_laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.3K Sep 19 23:41 chromeos_pstore.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  30K Sep 19 23:41 cros_ec_devs.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15K Sep 19 23:41 cros_ec_lpc.ko
[root at moonstudio ~]# ls -hAl /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/
total 1.6M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  57K Sep 19 23:41 acer-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  34K Sep 19 23:41 acerhdf.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  24K Sep 19 23:41 alienware-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K Sep 19 23:41 amilo-rfkill.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  21K Sep 19 23:41 apple-gmux.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  48K Sep 19 23:41 asus-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  20K Sep 19 23:41 asus-nb-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  46K Sep 19 23:41 asus-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  28K Sep 19 23:41 classmate-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  40K Sep 19 23:41 compal-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  55K Sep 19 23:41 dell-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  17K Sep 19 23:41 dell-rbtn.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  14K Sep 19 23:41 dell-smo8800.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.4K Sep 19 23:41 dell-wmi-aio.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Sep 19 23:41 dell-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  40K Sep 19 23:41 eeepc-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13K Sep 19 23:41 eeepc-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  33K Sep 19 23:41 fujitsu-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  19K Sep 19 23:41 fujitsu-tablet.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  30K Sep 19 23:41 hdaps.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.5K Sep 19 23:41 hp-wireless.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  28K Sep 19 23:41 hp-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  31K Sep 19 23:41 hp_accel.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Sep 19 23:41 ibm_rtl.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  37K Sep 19 23:41 ideapad-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  14K Sep 19 23:41 intel-hid.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.9K Sep 19 23:41 intel-rst.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.0K Sep 19 23:41 intel-smartconnect.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10K Sep 19 23:41 intel-vbtn.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  35K Sep 19 23:41 intel_ips.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Sep 19 23:41 intel_menlow.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Sep 19 23:41 intel_oaktrail.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  30K Sep 19 23:41 intel_pmc_ipc.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13K Sep 19 23:41 intel_punit_ipc.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Sep 19 23:41 intel_telemetry_core.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  32K Sep 19 23:41 intel_telemetry_debugfs.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  26K Sep 19 23:41 intel_telemetry_pltdrv.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  38K Sep 19 23:41 msi-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  17K Sep 19 23:41 msi-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8K Sep 19 23:41 mxm-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15K Sep 19 23:41 panasonic-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8K Sep 19 23:41 pvpanic.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  39K Sep 19 23:41 samsung-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12K Sep 19 23:41 samsung-q10.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114K Sep 19 23:41 sony-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K Sep 19 23:41 surfacepro3_button.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201K Sep 19 23:41 thinkpad_acpi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.6K Sep 19 23:41 topstar-laptop.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11K Sep 19 23:41 toshiba-wmi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  62K Sep 19 23:41 toshiba_acpi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13K Sep 19 23:41 toshiba_bluetooth.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12K Sep 19 23:41 toshiba_haps.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  25K Sep 19 23:41 wmi.ko