McDonalds Japan Distributes Infected MP3 Players

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 16, 2006 @06:30AM from the super-sized-trojan dept.

Tamas Feher from Hungary writes, "Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure reports that Mcdonalds in Japan distributed 10,000 infected MP3 players as customer prizes in a promotion with Coca-Cola. The USB sticks contained 10 free songs plus the QQPass Trojan, which is intended to steal login data. F-Secure reports that they have heard, but cannot confirm, that simply plugging the USB device into a Windows PC is sufficient to get infected. Investigation is still going on, but the mishap apparently happened in Hong Kong. Patrons nationwide are urged to quickly return their M-logoed sticks for replacement or call a 24hr hotline, if unsure." Here is the Mcdonalds Japan announcement (in Japanese, but Babelfish at Altavista handles it well).

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Re:McTranslation by Wooloomooloo · 2006-10-16 06:37 · Score: 0, Troll

All your MP3 players are belong to us.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Re:would you like fries ... by LindseyJ · 2006-10-16 12:33 · Score: 0, Troll

I agree. I'd really hate to run into someone as idiotic as you while I'm trying to enjoy my meal there.