New virus infection vector "HeyBub" <heybub[ at ]gmail.com> 12/30/2008 3:13:10 PM "There's nothing quite like waking up on your holiday of choice to the gift of a shiny new gadget that adorned your wishlist for the last couple of months-only to find out that, upon plugging it into your PC, it attempts to install a virus. Recipients of several different models of photo frames from Wal-Mart, Amazon, and other retailers experienced this new holiday downer, which is just a reflection of a continuing upward trend in malware over the holidays." http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081229-walmart-amazon-bundle-malware-with-holiday-cheer.html It's getting bad when you can't even trust a picture of your new grand-puppy!

Re: New virus infection vector Bob I <birelan[ at ]yahoo.com> 12/30/2008 4:00:05 PM maybe they want to be like Apple! ;-) HeyBub wrote: [Quoted Text] > "There's nothing quite like waking up on your holiday of choice to the gift > of a shiny new gadget that adorned your wishlist for the last couple of > months-only to find out that, upon plugging it into your PC, it attempts to > install a virus. Recipients of several different models of photo frames from > Wal-Mart, Amazon, and other retailers experienced this new holiday downer, > which is just a reflection of a continuing upward trend in malware over the > holidays." > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081229-walmart-amazon-bundle-malware-with-holiday-cheer.html > > It's getting bad when you can't even trust a picture of your new > grand-puppy! > >

Re: New virus infection vector "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~[ at ]Verizon.Net> 12/30/2008 9:29:53 PM From: "Gardier" <gardier[ at ]sdf-eu.org> | On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:13:10 -0600, HeyBub wrote: [Quoted Text] >> "There's nothing quite like waking up on your holiday of choice to the >> gift of a shiny new gadget that adorned your wishlist for the last >> couple of months-only to find out that, upon plugging it into your PC, >> it attempts to install a virus. Recipients of several different models >> of photo frames from Wal-Mart, Amazon, and other retailers experienced >> this new holiday downer, which is just a reflection of a continuing >> upward trend in malware over the holidays." | Is this a new one or another recurrence of Mocmex. This was around quite | a while ago and as I remember it was very hard to remove. Yes, this is NOT new. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp