Do any new computers include a floppy drive nowadays. ;-) Richard
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [funsec] 13-year old boot sector virus shipped on German laptops Some references: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/german-computer-maker-ships-laptops. html http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2007/09_14.xml http://www.medion.de/popup_md96290.htm http://www.bullguard.com/support/tech-guides/how-to-remove-stonedangelina.as px After digging the specifications from Medion's site it appears that these models (MD 96290 Notebook) don't include a floppy drive: http://www.medion.de/md96290/nord/_content/techdetails/index.html This is the only good news, the virus can't spread so easily. I have written this entry http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=998 too and posted the case to /. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/15/1623230 - Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
