Perhaps it isn’t a good idea for digital cameras to ship with memory cards loaded with some default software. As Malware can easily slip into the memory cards, which will then infect the computers of the users when they’re transferring the contents from cameras to their computers.
The owners of the Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 Digital cameras should have been some of the unfortunate users, as malware has been discovered on the XD cards shipped with a batch of 1700 new Olympus cameras. If you’ve just purchased a Olympus Stylus Tough 6010, you can check whether yours belongs to the infected batch by entering the camera’s serial number on the Olympus website.
This isn’t the first case that malware has found its way into memory cards. Manufacturers who will wanna ship cameras or other electronic devices with memory cards shall take further quality control. Or they must have much better virus or Malware scanning system to ensure their computers or networks are free of viruses or malware, to avoid loading malware onto memory cards unintentionally while installing some default software onto those cards.
via geeky-gadgets
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