Gadget Virus
Did you know that you could be infecting your PC with viruses just be connecting your brand new gadgets to your PC? Possible threats include digital photo frames and even Apple iPods, in fact anything with enough power and memory to store data. Viruses include threats to your finances and personal privacy and have been traced back to testing facilities in Chinese factories, possibly even at the production point.
Due to the mass production of these items Gadget Virus could be more widespread and more deeply lying than first thought.
When you get a virus the first suspicion will be on sites you have visited and attachments you opened but it is well to consider what devices contain and treat them as separate entities.
Gadget Virus is just one of the ways that unscrupulous programmers have to try to get your money and personal details, there is no substitute for regular software updates and scans with a heightened level of vigilance as to what you expose you system to.
The virus problem appears to come from lax quality control — perhaps a careless worker plugging an infected music player into a factory computer used for testing — rather than organized sabotage by hackers or the Chinese factories.
Comment by George — 5 April 2008 @ 7:10 am
I Just bought an MP3 player and it was infected with some sort of virus. Spent ages cleaning it up! With old players you never had a problem you just put your music on and that was it, not impressed!
Comment by Carol Griffin — 24 April 2008 @ 10:10 am