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Posted by Mark
TomTom viruses - Immediate action required: scan PC

All TomTom users may be affected with the latest TomTom virus. TomTom's secret service security breach has been reported by cnet news:
TomTom shipped viruses on its navigation devices

Full article:
Malware shipped on TomTom SatNav devices

Link to scan your PC (Symantec Security) and to remove viruses: remove tomtom viruses .

Regards

Posted by scanit.be
Re: Immediate action required: TomTom ships viruses - scan P

Tomtom is the best. Who else would provide such a good add-on viruses free of charge.

Posted by protis96
Re: Immediate action required: TomTom ships viruses - scan P

My scan software reported 2 trojans: win32.Perlovga.A and TR/Drop.Small.qp

Posted by hltt
Re: Immediate action required: TomTom ships viruses - scan P

TomTom malware support: TomTom Customer Service

Posted by Yankee.Exile
Not Online Scan

Guess I'm way late finding this page, but:

I tried the link in the original post, to use an online tool to scan for malware in my PC and TomTom. No joy!

If the link did go to an online tool back in 2007, January when it was posted, it doesn't now. It goes to Symantec page where you can download and install Norton to scan your devices. An online scan tool shouldn't need to be downloaded or installed on the device.

I've had problems with Norton installations before, and had a real problem trying to uninstall them. Not going to do this again.

Posted by Guest
Re: Not Online Scan

Yankee.Exile wrote:

I've had problems with Norton installations before, and had a real problem trying to uninstall them. Not going to do this again.

This online scanner does not install the regular Norton software to your PC. It installs a temporary browser plugin and scans your system. I used it many times with no issues. I also use Microsoft Security Essentials. Norton plugin is much easier to remove than Microsoft software.
Cheers

TomTom



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