"B U L L E T I N The TomTom GO 910 Satellite navigation device appears to attempt to transfer viruses to a PC when connected to configure it with updates; reports suggest that win32.Perlovga.A Trojan and TR/Drop.Small.qp may be installed on the SatNav hard drive, within the copy.exe and host.exe files used to make the cross-connection. The infection is shipped with TomTom software version 6.5 TomTom have commented to say: "It has come to our attention that a small, isolated number of TomTom GO 910’s, produced between September and November 2006, may be infected with a virus..." (more details linked to an article below). The viruses concerned ought to be detected by normal anti-virus software providing that it is properly up to date and currently licensed, but you should be aware of the possibility of an infection arising when you connect the device to a PC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ W E B L I N K S Daniweb: http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1276.html ZDNet: http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,1000000737,39280218-39318 793o,00.htm TomTom 910: http://www.tomtomgo910.co.uk/ TomTom Advisory: http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=2&NID=349&Language=1 "
