Asus warns of a virus infection in shipping Eee Boxes
October 9, 2008 – 7:44 AMThe Japanese division of Taiwanese computer and component manufacturer Asus is warning customers that shipping versions of its Eee Box B202 desktop computer are infected with a virus. According to Asus, the virus is located on the D drive in a file called recycled.exe. When the user opens the D drive, the virus is triggered and immediately starts copying itself onto the C drive and any connected USB media.
Why the virus is there, though, and how it got onto the disks, Asus is not saying. Nor will it comment if infected machines are shipping outside of Japan, although The Register has found a different infection on a UK unit.
Apart from its apologies, Asus is offering its customers assistance with the problem.
Source:
http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Asus-warns-of-a-virus-infection-in-shipping-Eee-Boxes–/111691
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