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Malware Found On Brand-New Windows Netbook
An anonymous reader alerts us to an interesting development that Kaspersky Labs stumbled across. They purchased a new M&A Companion Touch netbook in order to test a new anti-virus product targeted at the netbook segment, and discovered three pieces of malware on the factory-sealed netbook. A little sleuthing turned up the likely infection scenario — at the factory, someone was updating Intel drivers using a USB flash drive that was infected with a variant of the AutoRun worm. "Installed along with the worm was a rootkit and a password stealer that harvests log-in credentials for online games such as World of Warcraft. ... To ensure that a new PC is malware-free, [Kaspersky] recommended that before users connect the machine to the Internet, they install security software, update it by retrieving the latest definition file on another computer, and transferring that update to the new system, then running a full antivirus scan."
linux is for fags, you stupid bitch. i shit on you and i shit on linux.
It just goes to show that you're never safe from malware, at least not when using Windows.
All the sexy babes want me... to fix their PC.
Says the douche who couldn't figure out how to run a livecd.
I think you're mistaking Linux for a toilet, sir.
I never use Windows to visit banking/credit card/money websites, and I advise all my friends to do the same.
Then you sir, are a fool. Literally hundreds of millions do this just fine without incident. Someday I hope you learn the difference between a few hyperbolic anecdotes and statistics. Especially in this case where it seems it's the OEM's fault. Linux is just a vulnerable in this regard.
You're a fucking idiot. It's because nobody uses Linux. If people actually used it, it would be targeted towards Linux and the headline would read "Malware Found on Brand-New Linux Netbook".
linux is for fags, you stupid bitch. i shit on you and i shit on linux.
Um, no. You're thinking of Mac OS X. Linux is for 40 year old virgins living in their parent's basement.