ALDI the seller of 'Fission External,' which's equipped with four functionalities -hard drive, USB, DVD, and card reader, is doing business across 10-or-more countries. However, recently, the device has been found carrying malicious software through an internally fitted hard drive, reported AusCERT in news on July 28, 2011.
Issuing a statement ALDI told that the malware had affected only a few samples of the product as also that the device had been withdrawn from all shops, while the copies already bought had been recalled from the public.
Evidently the virus that has ALDI is very ancient while a few samples of it have been observed since August 2008. In one respect this is a boon as the majority of computers should spot the virus provided an AV program is run. Incidentally, the malware has components obtained from the infamous Conficker worm that during its peak activity infected RailCorp and ANZ Bank during 2009.
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