Hewlett Packard Italy has informed people that the optional USB flash drive files sent to a HP ProLiant servers are infected with malware, adding attention to the growing use of USB devices as a way to distribute malicious software.

The worm a "low risk Fakerecy SillyFDC, was discovered in a batch of 256 and 1GB USB keys shipped with Hewlett Packard servers. It is undetermined how many infected keys used to install optional floppy drivenetwork servers are distributed. An infected computer to the factory's production is the most likely cause of the accident.

The spread of computer viruses is not perceived as a threat, in part to the low number of estimated users still use floppy drives to store data and that most hackers can not find the value of computer virus.

It is not the first episode of infection is from the factory, others involved in digital photo frames, etc.products. AntiVirus, if updated, of pushing a computer virus that is responsible Proliant USB attack as long as it was to protect antivirus installed after the disk was added to the machine. Disable prevents car is Fakerecy and SillyFDC and may the best choice.

advice from Hewlett Packard through the clearing AUSCert local security, click here: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=9077. The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center providesadvice on reversing malware attached USB danger here: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4247.

Computer equipment leaves the factory with malware that fits more general these days, which increases the motivation of the powerful anti-virus software.

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