RE: 13-year old boot sector virus shipped on German laptops

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
> To: <funsec () linuxbox org>
> Subject: RE: [funsec] 13-year old boot sector virus shipped on German 
laptops
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:22:19 -0400
>
> Do any new computers include a floppy drive nowadays. ;-)

I retrofit them in.  But no, they don't come 'standard'.

Regards,
GRegory Hicks
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] 
On
> Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:12 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] 13-year old boot sector virus shipped on German 
laptops
> Some references:
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/german-computer-maker-ships-lapt
ops.
> 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-stonedangelin
a.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
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