AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187310
January 29, 2007 ~ "…some TomToms* are infected with malware. For those who don't know, TomTom deals in satellite navigation devices and software… Even though it is a backdoor with limited functionality, the very presence of Backdoor.Win32.Small.lo** slightly changes the situation. Perlovga is more of an irritant than a serious threat, but as it makes use of autorun.inf functionality to spread via disks there's a real danger of Perlovga. a*** and the Dropper file (which in turn installs the backdoor and Perlovga-b[ee]) being executed automatically as soon as Windows reads the drive/device…"
* http://www.tomtom.com/
** http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encycl…?virusid=123356
*** http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encycl…?virusid=123160
> http://news.com.com/2102-1002_3-6154198.ht…g=st.util.print
January 29, 2007 ~ "…The TomTom devices run on Linux, while the two viruses are Windows-based. Users will be aware that their navigation device is infected if, for example, they attempt to back up their content by connecting the device to a PC running antivirus software…"
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/ar…7.html#00001097
January 29, 2007 ~ "…TomTom accidentally included two Windows malware files on the TomTom GO910's hard drive…While the device itself isn't infected, users have reported getting notifications from their antivirus products when they've connected the device to their PCs to do a backup. The infected files are "copy.exe" and "host.exe" and they are located in the root of the hard drive of the GO910…"
- http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187310
January 29, 2007 ~ "…some TomToms* are infected with malware. For those who don't know, TomTom deals in satellite navigation devices and software… Even though it is a backdoor with limited functionality, the very presence of Backdoor.Win32.Small.lo** slightly changes the situation. Perlovga is more of an irritant than a serious threat, but as it makes use of autorun.inf functionality to spread via disks there's a real danger of Perlovga. a*** and the Dropper file (which in turn installs the backdoor and Perlovga-b[ee]) being executed automatically as soon as Windows reads the drive/device…"
* http://www.tomtom.com/
** http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encycl…?virusid=123356
*** http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encycl…?virusid=123160
> http://news.com.com/2102-1002_3-6154198.ht…g=st.util.print
January 29, 2007 ~ "…The TomTom devices run on Linux, while the two viruses are Windows-based. Users will be aware that their navigation device is infected if, for example, they attempt to back up their content by connecting the device to a PC running antivirus software…"
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/ar…7.html#00001097
January 29, 2007 ~ "…TomTom accidentally included two Windows malware files on the TomTom GO910's hard drive…While the device itself isn't infected, users have reported getting notifications from their antivirus products when they've connected the device to their PCs to do a backup. The infected files are "copy.exe" and "host.exe" and they are located in the root of the hard drive of the GO910…"