[pchelpers] News:HP Printer Drivers Hit Again With Funlove Virus
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PC-Helpers <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:18:02 +1200
JUN 02, 2006 07:38:10 AM
Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday pulled a printer driver from its
website after security vendor BitDefender reported that the software was
infected with the same computer virus that infected HP’s drivers more
than five years ago.
A BitDefender partner notified the security vendor of the infected
driver software on Wednesday, and the company’s security researchers
soon determined that it had the same Funlove virus that had plagued HP
in December 2000.
The infected printer driver was removed from HP’s website early
Thursday, said BitDefender spokesman Vitor Souza.
Until then, the virus was being distributed with the Korean version of
the Windows 95/98 driver for HP’s Officejet g85 All-in-One printer. HP
no longer sells the all-in-one printer, and the current antivirus
products are able to block it. So while the oversight is an
embarrassment for HP, it’s unlikely that many users were affected by
Funlove.
More here:
http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=21694
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