“Looks like somebody turned off the virus scanner at the Creative production plant—it would appear that about 3,700 5GB Zen Neeons shipped since July might have possibly been packing a W32.Wullik.B@mm payload,” Ryan Block reports for Engadget.
Full article here.
According to Symantec, W32.Wullik.B@mm is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to send itself to all the contacts in the Outlook address book and affects users subjected to Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, and Windows XP. Macintosh unaffected. The worm makes numerous copies of itself in random locations, and moves to a new location when Windows Explorer browses to the folder from which it runs. It can spread to floppy disks and shared network drives under some conditions. More info here.
Creative’s press release (translated from Japanese) here.
great news for windows owners and anti-ipod users
Infects for Sure TM
Serves them right!
Windows is so awesome.
Wow, buy a Creative MP3 player and get free malware! Sounds like a viral marketing campaign to me…
Creative Zen Peeons.
hehe
Imagine the repercussions if the iPod were to be shipped with some form of virus…..oh wait, I must be trippin’. That’ll never happen in a million years.
I know Billy-boy must be so proud.
roflmao. First Rio dies and now this…Apple might have more than 80% of the portable audio market now, that’s close to Nintendo’s numbers in handheld consoles.
Thanks for posting MDN! My first submission:D
3,700 units = a full month of Creative’s MP3 player sales.
Too good to be true. Someone please confirm it is a joke.
Jeeeeeeezzzz, sux big time having to do anything on Windows and MS lemmings world.
OHOUHAHAHAHAHHAHOAEHEOHEHAHAHOAHAOHAH
Good one bvdecicco!
Gives a new meaning to “Plays for Sure”
Hmmm
Rio Karma – slam on desk to get it to work (out of business)
Creative Zen – packs viruses with every product sold
Lets go to work propaganda ministers!
From the translated press release: “With the defectiveness of our company, we apologize the fact that very much annoyance was applied the customer and to the related everyone deeply.”
Bad translation or refreshing candor?
You can’t make this stuff up!
I guess now they should change the name of the company to Destructive.
Wow, I’m really impressed. An iPod-killer that harms it’s owner.
I can’t wait to point this out to one of my friends that bought a Creative player despite several people recommending an iPod.
I won’t laugh I won’t laugh I won’t laugh
SPFFFFFFFFFT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
Yet another proprietary tactic being used by Bill’s minions… I can’t access their Willuk software. Where can I download that “Windows Explorer” for my G5?
I’m tired of the Mac’s lack of support for Windows software… I’m switching back as soon as I can save up $300.00 for top of the line DULL!
Is it just me, or has the past year been REALLY BAD for windows users !!
3700 units shipped since July…
That’s a whopping 1800-1900 units per months, compared with three to four million iPods in the same period.
Time to ask for the check, Creative.
Not only that, but they also spelled “Neon” wrong!
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at least those lucky windows users have many more choices in which computer they can infect with the virus…unlike the no-choice option of itunes and ipod. HA!
First post! Love my iPod.
…Boy, I didn’t think they could pack any more features into a Zen!
“NEW! Why log online to get a Worm. Plug in your Zen!”
Andy C.
LOL. Viral marketing.
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