"An internet posting by British technology journalist Davey Winder contains a 
statement by the makers of the dashboard-mounted SatNav units acknowledging the 
incident.

TomTom SatNav devices are Linux-based, and cannot be infected by the malware. 
However, Windows users who connect to the device via their USB port could risk 
running the malicious code and infecting their desktop computers."

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2007/01/tomtom.html

including link to vendor's official statement.

- Juha-Matti
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