A few weeks ago word came out about a photo frame that Best Buy was selling under the Insignia brand that shipped with a trojan virus.
The photo frame was recalled and the trojan it contained was thought to be older and relatively easy to get rid of–any modern anti-virus application should be able to handle it.
Looks like it might a bit worse than was initially thought.
The Insignia photo frames as well as several others produced in China contain a trojan called Mocmex which is able to block more than 100 types of security and anti-virus from removing it. The trojan is able to bypass the Windows firewall and download additional files across the Internet, spreading them randomly across your hard drive and to any portable storage device plugged to your PC.
The trojan will currently steal gaming passwords, but it could be used to steal much more.
Some believe that this is a proof of concept and that worse viruses could be coming.
Infected frames have been found at Sam’s Club, Target, Costco and Best Buy.
[Via Engadget]
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