USBs Infected with Malware Distributed at Conference

At the recent AusCERT conference, attendees who stopped by the booth of one particular vendor received USB drives that were pre-infected with malware.

During the conference in Queensland, delegates were given free USB drives at one of the booths. The drives were infected with malware that has been known since 2008 and is detected by most anti-virus machines.

“The malware is known by a number of names and is contained in the setup.exe and autorun.ini files.  It is spread when the infected USB device is inserted into a Microsoft Windows workstation or server whereby the setup.exe and autorun.ini files run automatically,” according to a letter sent out by the company that distributed the drives.

The letter also provides tips on how to remove the malware if a participant already plugged the drive into their computer.

Read the full text of the letter here

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