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
29 Comments on HP Ships USB Sticks With Malware
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:
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.