Seagateの「Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200」が、「World of Warcraft」などのオンラインゲームの パスワードを盗むウイルスが混入された状態で出荷された。 混入したHDDの台数は公表されていない。 Kaspersky Labsがこのウイルスを「Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ah」と特定し、Seagateに通報した。 このウイルスは似たウイルスを削除し、ウイルス検知ソフトを無効化する。 このウイルスは盗んだパスワードを中国のサーバに送信する。
中国の受託製造業者の工場でMaxtorのHDDにロードされた。
Chinese Manufacturer Bundles Maxtor HDDs With Password-Stealing Virus
According to the company, the issue only affects a small number of units produced by a Maxtor sub-contract manufacturer located in China. The company states that the problem at the Chinese facility has already been solved and the new units don't have such a “feature”.
The piece of malware has been tagged by Kaspersky as the Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ah, a virus that searches for passwords to online games and sends them to a server located in China. Also, it may cripple out-of-date antivirus software.
It seems that this incident was a special dedication for Chinese MMO gamers, as the virus mainly affect Chinese titles (well, that and World of Warcraft). Seagate's list of affected games features the following:
- WSGame - 91.com - QQ - Woool - rxjh.17game.com - TianLongBaBu - AskTao - Perfect World (Wanmei Shijie) - World of Warcraft
Customers are advised to call Seagate customer support and find out whether they have an infected device or not.