Maxtor Sells Dutch Disk Drive With Malware
Author: Dave Lewis
Maxtor offers free malware with your purchase.
From the Register:
Security mavens from Kaspersky say they have discovered a nasty virus that came pre-installed on Maxtor external hard drives sold in the Netherlands.
The virus, dubbed Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ah, was found on the Maxtor 3200 Personal Storage, according to this press release from Kaspersky (translated from Dutch to English courtesy of FreeTranslation.com).
The company said the virus roots around a computer in search of gaming passwords. The malicious code also rifles through a computer’s contents and deletes mp3 files, according to a separate description of the virus, also from Kaspersky.
A virus that deletes mp3 files? Now, who does that sound like? Hmmm.
Tags: Kaspersky, Maxtor Malware, Virus, Malware
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