 Malware's New Infection Route: Photo Frames |
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 Jan 26 2008, 03:46 PM
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 Bleepin' Animin  Group: Site Admin Posts: 6,428 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Now On... Member No.: 31,547  |
QUOTE Malicious software code has turned up on a wide range of popular electronics, from digital photo frames to compact flash cards to MP3 players - even MP3-playing sunglasses - and retailers are scrambling to respond. Nobody knows how widespread the infections are. Best Buy said it received about two dozen complaints this week after it posted notices on the Web that it sold some infected photo frames over the holidays under its Insignia brand. The frames were infected during manufacturing. One line, the 10.4-inch frame, has been discontinued. For the entire article: Malware's new infection route: photo frames by Deborah Gage, Chronicle Staff Writer -------------------- The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. Andrew Brown  "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams. |
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Jan 27 2008, 12:21 AM
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 The Bookworm Group: Moderator Posts: 6,390 Joined: 14-July 06 From: Bloomington, IN Member No.: 76,150 |
Good grief.
I'm surprised that the article did not suggest disabling autorun/autoplay and scanning the devices after they are plugged in before allowing them to run. Orange Blossom 
-------------------- Orange Blossom An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ESET NOD32, AVG Anti-spyware Free, SuperAntiSpyware Pro, SpywareBlaster, Spybot 1.5, WinPatrol Plus, Sunbelt Personal Firewall - Full, Comodo BOClean 4.27, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, NoScript Firefox ext., Norton noscript |
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Jan 28 2008, 08:26 AM
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 Bleepin' Janitor Group: Global Moderator Posts: 14,074 Joined: 9-July 05 From: Virginia, USA Member No.: 26,513 |
Keeping Autorun enabled on USB and other removable drives has become a significant security risk due to the increasing number of malware variants that can infect them and transfer the infection to your computer. Read Danger USB! Worm targets removable memory sticks.
I recommend disabling the Autorun feature on USB and removable drives (especially an external drive used for backup) as a method of prevention. The easiest way to disable Autorun on a specific drive is to download and use Tweak UI PowerToy.
When Autorun is disabled, double-clicking a drive which has autorun.inf in its root directory may still activate Autorun so be careful. Always scan USB Flash Drives after they have been used in other computer systems, even your own. An easy way to do this is to download "ClamWin Portable", install it on your USB Flash Drive, update its definition files and perform a scan. Another prevention measure you can use is to download Symantec's NoScript utility. Scroll down to the section "How to disable (or re-enable) the Windows Scripting Host" to find the link and follow the instructions. Noscript will disable the Windows Scripting Host and prevent VBScripts from running on your machine until you run the utility again. -------------------- "THE BAD GUYS DON'T NEED A SEARCH WARRANT. ARE YOU PROTECTED?"
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Jan 29 2008, 01:03 PM
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geez... you can't even by some simple digital photo frames anymore without suffering malware. That's ridiculous... Next thing you know, my refrigerator will get a virus.. my watch... my microwave... I guess it is just one of the things we will have to suffer as computers and computerized products take over more of the world.
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