29 July 2011

Aldi recalls #Conficker-infected hard drives - #malware #worm

Aldi is recalling four-in-one Fission external hard drives infected with the Conficker worm and pulling them from shop shelves.

The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team warned consumers yesterday through the Attorney General's department to return the devices bought from the discount chain's shops. Consumers who had used the drives should run anti-virus over their PCs, the groups said. The $99 device had an external hard drive, DVD, USB and card reader.

Aldi said the worm, malicious software that copied itself between devices to infect them, was detected by Kaspersky anti-virus software.


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