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Best Buy sells infected digital photo frames |
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Written by Jared Maynard
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
"Best Buy has sent notices to customers who purchased a certain Insignia brand digital photo frame because it spread malware when connected to a Windows PC.
Insignia frame NS-DPF10A has been discontinued because it was "contaminated with a computer virus during the manufacturing process," said the electronics retailer. The virus spreads only to Windows PCs when connected via a USB cable. Insignia is a brand owned and managed by Best Buy.
"We apologize for the inconvenience that has been caused as a result of this incident," said Best Buy in a product notice. It did not specify how many of the frames were sold.
However, Best Buy has not issued a recall for the frame. Instead, it is "connecting with customers who may have been impacted." The retailer noted that it is a fairly old virus that any current anti-virus software would have caught. It is also not a replicating Trojan, meaning it will likely not provide a serious threat to affect consumers." ~tgdaily.com
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