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Here's a general warning for everyone to heed.
In January, Best Buy pulled their $230 Insignia 10.4-inch photo frames off the shelves, because they came pre-loaded with a virus.
Today, (well, yesterday) we learn that the trojan, called Mocmex, is able to block more than 100 types of security and anti-virus software from killing it, and bypasses the Windows firewall to download files from remote locations, spreading them randomly over your hard drive and any portable storage device you plug into your PC -- like, for example, a digital photo frame or USB stick.
So far, it's all pretty normal virus stuff, though a bit nastier than some. But here's the kicker. Apparently this cute little bug Mocmex has a payload geared towards hijacking Game accounts!. Yes siree, this baby wants your WOW accounts, your Guildwars accounts and possibly even your CoX and PotBSaccounts if it can get them. Probably because some of these are worth more than stolen credit cards to the right buyer.
Luckily, not everyone has one of these Digital Frames as they're a bit expensive really, but we all know it's the way of viri to go beyond their original place of residence. It starts on these frames but migrates and procreates as fast as tribbles if given the chance. So this really would be a good time to update that virus scanner, do a full systems scan and change your account passwords anyway.
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