Thursday, April 10th 2008

HP Ships USB Sticks With Malware

No these don't come with a picture of me. Hewlett-Packard has released a batch of USB keys for numerous Proliant server models which contain malware that could allow an attacker to take over an infected system. The worms contained on the 256KB and 1GB USB drives have been identified as W32.Fakerecy and W32.SillyFDC. The worms spread by copying themselves to removable or mapped drives and affect systems running Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows NT and Windows 2000, according to AusCERT. To find out whether a drive is infected, HP recommends inserting it into a system with up-to-date antivirus software. Systems with up-to-date antivirus should be protected from the threat, according to HP. However, the threat risk from the worms is considered to be low.
Source: CNET News
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29 Comments on HP Ships USB Sticks With Malware

#26
FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
TheGuruStudMeh, I wouldn't trade nod for anything. I fixed a PC with kasperksy.
did i forget to mention that my Nod32 is a *borrowed* version??? its like a trial version with an unlocked timer - possibly the reason why so many features are left out. either that or its an old version & needs to be updated
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#27
TheGuruStud
FreedomEclipsedid i forget to mention that my Nod32 is a *borrowed* version??? its like a trial version with an unlocked timer - possibly the reason why so many features are left out. either that or its an old version & needs to be updated
Yeah, it's probably 2.7 with the unlimited trial (or possibly older ver).
When you install (especially that ver) you have to do a custom install and enable some options b/c I don't think they are on by default. Might be a reason why that stuff got through :shrugs:
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#28
FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
TheGuruStudYeah, it's probably 2.7 with the unlimited trial (or possibly older ver).
When you install (especially that ver) you have to do a custom install and enable some options b/c I don't think they are on by default. Might be a reason why that stuff got through :shrugs:
well I enabled most things even that threatsense crap. but this is the only problem ive had with trojans since ive had ZA & NOD32 on my system so its been awesome for over a year

EDIT:

Ive tried the new NOD32 with the built in firewall but i heard that the firewall on it is crap - & also running 2 firewalls at the same time will chew up resources. as there is no way to PERMERNANTLY disable the nod32 firewall - it will start up each time you boot & I have fussy shit like that. got better things to do then waste precious seconds clicking the disable firewall button each time i boot.
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#29
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
paybackdamanwas it called virtuamonde by any chance? becasue i fought that sucker for about 2 hours and i still ended up reformatting after i got rid of it.
that sucked i got that a while ago i killed it and everything was good for about 2 months and then it showed back up...
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