NEWS: Creative MP3 Players Shipped With Windows Virus

[TechZ]

Multimedia company Creative acknowledged that 3,700 of the company's Zen Neeon MP3 players that shipped from a company factory in late July contain a Windows worm. The 5GB Neeon digital audio players contain a copy of W32.Wullik.B, according to a statement posted on Creative Technology Ltd.'s Japanese language Web site.

The worm file doesn't pose a serious threat of spreading, but could potentially infect Windows systems that are connected to the Neeon, according to anti-virus company F-Secure Corp. Wullik is a mass-mailing worm that first appeared in November, 2003, and makes copies of itself in random locations on machines it infects.

Creative asked customers who bought the Zen Neeon 5GB players with serial numbers between M1PF1230528000001M and M1PF1230533001680Q to disinfect the systems using anti-virus software, or by manually deleting the worm filed from the players.

News source: eWEEK

[confus-ed]

Now what were you telling me very recently about never having any issues with creatives kit ? A Pre-installed worm sounds like a fine selling point to me!

..I think creative need to re-brand these as 'tequilla players' with 'free worm' in every product !!

[Ferrit]

Hehehehe any one still want to know why I hate creative