Hewlet-Packard Ships Infected USB Flash Drives
Category: ManufacturersPosted: April 9, 2008 11:03AM
Author: oldfett
Computer and peripheral manufacturer Hewlet-Packard recently released a number of USB flash drives containing malware that could allow someone to take over an infected system. The infected flash drives appear to be of the 256MB and 1GB variety and could contain W32.SillyFDC or W32.Fakerecy. Many of the flash drives shipped with Proliant servers manufactured by HP, HP's Software Security Response Team sent a warning to AusCERT providing a list of affected servers. To determine if you have an infected flash drive HP recommends plugging the device into a PC with an up to date antivirus as the PC should be protected by it... hopefully. HP believes that its infected USB flash drives will only affect a small amount of customers and will not escalate to a serious threat.
