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Walmart Photo Keychain Comes Preloaded With Malware

Posted by timothy on from the caveat-maxima-emptor dept.

Blowit writes "With the Christmas holidays just past and opening up your electronic presents may get you all excited, but not for a selected lot of people who got the Mercury 1.5" Digital Photo Frame from Walmart (or other stores). My father-in-law attached the device to his computer and his Trend Micro Anti-virus screamed that a virus is on the device. I scanned the one I have and AVAST did not find any virus ... So I went to Virscan.org to see which vendors found what, and the results are here and here." Update: 12/29 05:44 GMT by T : The joy is even more widespread; MojoKid points out that some larger digital photo frames have been delivered similarly infected this year, specifically Samsung's SPF-85H 8-inch digital photo frame, sold through Amazon among other vendors, which arrived with "W32.Sality.AE worm on the installation disc for Samsung Frame Manager XP Version 1.08, which is needed for using the SPF-85H as a USB monitor." Though Amazon was honest enough to issue an alert, that alert offers no reason to think that only Amazon's stock was affected.

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  1. Re:Avast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If avast didn't find it then....

    then what? is avast the holy grail of antivirus software or what? are you a moron?

  2. Re:Disassembled? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't shop at Walmart, but here's my story:

    I dropped a brown rope this morning the size of a small black child. At one point, I wasn't sure if I was taking a shit, or it the shit was taking me. And while I'm on that point, what's the deal with taking a shit? Shouldn't it be leaving a shit? I'm certainly not taking anything with me when I'm done.

    But back on topic, Walmart sucks ass

  3. Re:Disassembled? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't shop at Walmart, but here's my story:

    I dropped a brown rope this morning the size of a small black child. At one point, I wasn't sure if I was taking a shit, or it the shit was taking me. And while I'm on that point, what's the deal with taking a shit? Shouldn't it be leaving a shit? I'm certainly not taking anything with me when I'm done.

    But back on topic, Walmart sucks ass

    Why do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway? I'll bet that blows the shit out of your mind.

  4. Re:Packer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Speaking of packers

    Donovan McNabb whipped out his large black schlong today and packed Tony Romo, T.O, Jerry Jones, and Wade Phillips fudge in a brutal assraping the likes of which has not been seen in decades. That's probably why Andy Reid wore a 4 day beard...he planned on giving you the old homeless man reacharound.

    Good show, Dallas. Comedy gold.

  5. Re:Disassembled? by MadnessASAP · · Score: -1, Troll

    Perhaps he is the messiah Obama?

    --
    I may agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to face the consequences of saying it.
  6. YOU FAIL 2IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Up tod4y! If you and Juliet 40,000 BitTorRent) Second,

  7. do77 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the hard drive to a losing battle; on an endeav`our it will be among problem; a few Things in GNNA (GAY NIGGER

  8. Re:You all know the words by now! SING ALONG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I hope you plan on switching operating systems if yours ever gains enough market share to become profitable to bother exploiting.

  9. Re:Disassembled? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does anything run under Linux? If only Linux could correctly run even a virus!

    HAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS

  10. Re:Old news by trum4n · · Score: 0, Troll

    English is my first language, thank you. I just couldn't care less.