IO Data ships Hard Drives with a free trojan
Published November 24th, 2005 in Internet, PC, Technology, Virus & Spyware
IO Data, a Japanese company, has released information that some models in their ‘HDP-U’ line have ‘picked up’ the “W32/Tompai-A” trojan.
What might be even worse is how IO Data Device handled the problem; they didn’t release the serial numbers of infected drives until some 14 hours after the announcement of the infection. We realize that even a good six sigma program won’t pick up every defect, but this kind of muck up should really never occur — and IO Data isn’t even offering a removal tool (yet). Apparently they expect you to use your own software or download a 30 day trial of Trend Micro’s software; thanks for the help, IO Data!
It seems scary that some companies can let this happen, after all they are big corporations with lots of money and power. But for me it doesn’t really matter as I have a Mac! Yay!
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