Digital Picture Frames Infected by Trojan Viruses

CR0WTR0B0T writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is running a story on viruses loaded into digital picture frames, similar to the ones we discussed at the end of last year. The difference is in the virus used: 'The authors of the new Trojan Horse are well-funded professionals whose malware has 'specific designs to capture something and not leave traces ... This would be a nuclear bomb of malware.' Apparently, a number of regular folks have hooked them up to their home computer and loaded the virus. And if you think you're too smart to be fooled, apparently the Anti-Virus software makers have not caught up to the threat quite yet."

Comments

Re:Nuclear bomb of malware?

[mrxak]

I saw a huge stack of these things in Best Buy a few weeks ago near the registers. The people in front of me were talking about getting one, but then they pretty much decided they were worthless. I have to admit I largely agree, but then again I don't own any picture frames digital or otherwise.

Easy Solution

[BlueStrat]

Just make sure nobody cares about or likes you enough to ever send you something so sappy.

And before anyone says it, yes, yes, I'm in no danger...right. :P

Cheers!

Strat

Three R's again!!!

[MrKaos]

Well four now, since Vista was released,,

If you're attacked and your PC fails, you'll have to reformat and reload all of the programs.

and it triggers two of the 4 r's of Microsoft

reboot the machine

reload the applications *

reformat/reinstall the OS *

revert to the previous version

but it must be fun cause we do it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

Words of Advice

[terom]

Deborah Hale at SANS suggested that PC users find friends with Macintosh or Linux machines and have them check for malware before plugging any device into a PC.

Strange virus

[edwardpickman]

Why did I get this image of the picture frame displaying Condom ads?

Re:Well...

[CR0WTR0B0T]

Yes. I wondered why my chair was so lumpy.

Re:WARNING: GNAA

[urcreepyneighbor]

*click*

Fire the metaphor writer

[brusk]

'specific designs to capture something and not leave traces ... This would be a nuclear bomb of malware.'

Say what? Whenever I want to sneak in somewhere and get away all quiet-and-subtle-like, my first thoughts are of atomic weaponry. Want to steal sensitive documents? Just detonate a small thermonuclear device and no one will even realize you were there, and you'll leave no traces (unless you count a loud bang, bright light, mushroom cloud, charred corpses, fallout and a spike in cancer rates and radiation levels).

Ninjas. Men in Black-style mindwiping. Cat burglar. Evil hypnotist. Lots of available analogies. Nuclear bomb ain't one of them.

Re:Be Safe: Roll Your Own DPF

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah! Ain't nothin' like using 60-75 Watts to power a digital picture frame!

Re:ALERT: People at SANS, incoming CHAIRS!

[the_humeister]

Oh well, to all the windows using women out there, remember, the standard rate for getting a guy to help you out is ONE blowjob. Please form an orderly cue.

Do those sores on your mouth mean anything? No? Carry on then...

Re:WARNING: GNAA

[Anonymous Coward]

> *click*

*grippinghand facepalm*

Re:Well...

[93 Escort Wagon]

hardcore gamers aren't likely to use digital picture frames you plucked this assertion out of your ass I'd hazard a guess that he's right. Aren't the photos people display in frames usually of friends, lovers, or spouses?

Re:Too smart to be fooled?

[Nazlfrag]

7.Never run any antivirus software so there is nothing to report an infection.