Carrie
01-30-2007, 03:39 PM
The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/29/tomtom_malware/)
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
Published Monday 29th January 2007
A small number of satellite navigation devices manufactured last year by TomTom were shipped containing malware, the company confirmed in a terse statement that raised more questions - and user ire - than answers.
An "isolated, small number" of TomTom's GO 910 models produced in September and November may be infected with a virus, TomTom warned, following a report over the weekend that one of the company's satnav devices packaged two separate Trojans at no charge. They included the win32.Perlovga.A and TR/Drop.Small.qp Trojans, which were stowed away within the copy.exe and host.exe files.
Full story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/29/tomtom_malware/)
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
Published Monday 29th January 2007
A small number of satellite navigation devices manufactured last year by TomTom were shipped containing malware, the company confirmed in a terse statement that raised more questions - and user ire - than answers.
An "isolated, small number" of TomTom's GO 910 models produced in September and November may be infected with a virus, TomTom warned, following a report over the weekend that one of the company's satnav devices packaged two separate Trojans at no charge. They included the win32.Perlovga.A and TR/Drop.Small.qp Trojans, which were stowed away within the copy.exe and host.exe files.
Full story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/29/tomtom_malware/)