Digital photo frame virus

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited February 2008 in Science & Tech
<p>Think twice before hooking up that new digital photo frame to your Windows computer. A slick new <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/15/BU47V0VOH.DTL&type=business">password-stealing trojan virus</a> appears to be shipping on some models.</p>
<p>The virus's origins has been tracked to China, purportedly well-funded professionals. It is designed to be stealthy and cannot presently be detected by antivirus software. While it's currently only stealing passwords, it seems it has much greater potential. One security expert called it a potential "nuclear bomb" of malware.</p>

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Except for about 13 people buy those stupid photo frames...

    NUCLEAR BOMB!
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Except for about 13 people buy those stupid photo frames...
    Actually, they are becoming very, very popular: gifts to elderly family members who want pictures but are computer illiterate, people at work who are not allowed to upload images, et cetera. I have actually considered buying one for my parents. My dad prints photos from his camera's memory card at Wal Mart and then formats the card without downloading to a computer. He doesn't know how and will not learn.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    They're so tacky. :\
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    They're so tacky. :\
    I agree. They need to get larger, lose the stupid looking frames, and get thinner.
  • Gate28Gate28 Orlando, Florida Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    They're so tacky. :\

    Agreed. *Looks at himself in his mother's digital picture frame across the room*
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited February 2008
    The market obviously disagrees with some of us here. Those digital pictures frames sell like crazy - computer stores, big box stores, electronics stores, even from overpriced, mediocre department stores. They're everywhere and don't get dusty on the shelves.
  • jhenryjhenry California's Wine Country
    edited February 2008
    Heh, grocery stores here have them... Longs, Vons etc all have digital picture frames and even with the hideous markup still sell like hotcakes.
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