Official: Use Macintosh or Linux, Windows is unsecure

by nk | February 15, 2008 at 01:36 pm | 548 views | 5 comments

An insidious computer virus recently discovered on digital photo frames has been identified as a powerful new Trojan Horse from China that collects passwords
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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.

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Morbus Iff

at 13:38 on February 15th, 2008

good stuff:

nk, I like this story. It's good stuff.

René

at 14:04 on February 15th, 2008

good stuff:

This is totally alarming, any digital photo frame from China is almost certain to be infected with several Trojans! Plus, some iPods have also been infected in the past, though that may have already been addressed by Apple. What alarms me more, is when I just discovered that my Apple Powerbook was made in China!

I like this story. It's good stuff.