TomTom admits Satnav infected with virus
It started with an email from a worried satnav user, an IT consultant who knows his way around a computer and knows a virus when his AV software flags one up. The cause for his concern being a newly purchased TomTom GO 910 satnav unit that, once connected to his PC, immediately caused an anti-virus software alert. Not one, but two alerts in fact. The win32.Perlovga.A Trojan and TR/Drop.Small.qp were identified as being resident on the satnav hard drive, within the copy.exe and host.exe files.
That’s worth repeating, two Trojans resident on the hard drive of a brand new, straight from the shop, satnav unit.
Worth repeating, perhaps, that this was a unit connected to a PC already protected by AV software, a clean PC, a PC belonging to an experienced IT consultant. It was for this reason that I believed him, that I did not simply assume it was a case of mistaken identity as is so often the case with such reports where the infection was already there, or came via a route unconnected to the accused party.
Read more HERE.
That’s worth repeating, two Trojans resident on the hard drive of a brand new, straight from the shop, satnav unit.
Worth repeating, perhaps, that this was a unit connected to a PC already protected by AV software, a clean PC, a PC belonging to an experienced IT consultant. It was for this reason that I believed him, that I did not simply assume it was a case of mistaken identity as is so often the case with such reports where the infection was already there, or came via a route unconnected to the accused party.
Read more HERE.
posted by vanish at 8:55 AM
1 Comments:
Wow, that isnt good. I have heard that there have been some viruses in the 910. If there is a problem i am sure that the TomTom company will fix any problems if this presents itself as a serious problem. I think that they are a great company and will be accountable.
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