Photo frames with viruses
Posted: December 26th, 2008 | Tags: Malware, Virus |Samsung company has warned that compact discs with the software for some models of digital photo frames can contain the Trojan program.
Harmful program W32.Sality.AE can get into system at installation from a compact disc of application Frame Manager for operating system Windows XP. Samsung asserts that the malware doesn’t work under Windows Vista.
Developers of security software have registered for the first time W32.Sality in April of this year. In due time updated anti-virus programs easily find out this harmful application.
According to the official prevention os Samsung, compact discs with the malware may be included into the package of photo frames of the following models: SPF-75H, SPF-76H, SPF-85H, SPF-85P and SPF-105P. The manufacturer recommends to refrain from installation from a disk and to download corresponding version Frame Manager from the download center of Samsung.
Malware developers choose the target of buyers of digital photo frames not for the first time. So, in the beginning of this year company Best Buy has stopped sales of photo frameks Insignia infected with a virus.
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