[LINK] Fwd: new virus source

[Jan Whitaker]

>Some viruses come pre-installed
>
>Jerry Askew, a Los Angeles computer consultant, bought a new Uniek 
>digital picture frame to surprise his 81-year-old mother for her 
>birthday. But when he added family photos, it tried to unload a few 
>surprises of its own.
>
>When he plugged the frame into his Windows PC, his antivirus program 
>alerted him to a threat. The $50 frame, built in China and bought at 
>Target, was infested with four viruses, including one that steals passwords.
>
>"You expect quality control coming out of the manufacturers," said 
>Askew, 42. "You don't expect that sort of thing to be on there."
>
>Security experts say the malicious software is apparently being 
>loaded at the final stage of production, when gadgets are pulled 
>from the assembly line and plugged in to a computer to make sure 
>everything works.
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_hi_te/factory_installed_viruses





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