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| Digital picture frames and other USB devices may be trojan horse for PC virus |
| 2008-05-30 |
| Did you buy a digital frame or other device that connects to your USB in the last year or two? If you plug that cool new digital frame (or whatever cool new USB device you just bought) into your computer, you may well have just been had. Seems as thought more and more these devices are a trojan horse used to sneak a virus onto your computer that might have installed a back door depending on which variant you purchased. Of course, that means to me that the virus is built into the original equipment. By the company who sells them? By some hacker that the company unwittingly hired who had ulterior motives? Seems to me it shouldn't be too hard to find someone to lynch, but many of these companies are Chinese. (Sorry about the use of your pirated word, Al Sharpton!) An insidious computer virus recently discovered on digital photo frames has been identified as a powerful new Trojan Horse from China that collects passwords for online games - and its designers might have larger targets in mind. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #1 An insidious plot by the heathen Chinee to impurify our precious bodily fluids...er, jpegs or simply lame-ass quality control and system management. In either case, it's a great way to build your own bot-net. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-05-30 17:23 |