| Canopus 2007-01-29, 7:33 am |
| http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1276.html
“It has come to our attention that a small, isolated number of TomTom GO
910’s, produced between September and November 2006, may be infected with
a virus. The virus is qualified as low risk and can be removed safely with
virus scanning software. Appropriate actions have been taken to make sure
this is prevented from happening again in the future.
Affected devices
It has been confirmed that a small number of TomTom GO 910 devices,
produced between September and November 2006, and shipped with software
version 6.51, may be infected with a virus.
Known risks
The viruses that were detected present an extremely low risk to customers’
computers or the TomTom GO 910. To date, no cases of problems caused by
the viruses are known.
How to detect the virus
In the isolated cases that a virus was detected, it was found when the
TomTom GO 910 was connected to the computer and for example a back-up of
the content on the device was being made.
What to do when a virus is found
TomTom highly recommends that all TomTom GO 910 customers update their
virus scanning software, and if a virus is detected, allow the virus
scanning software to remove the ‘host.exe’ file, ‘copy.exe’ file or any
other variants.
The above identified files or any variants can safely be removed from the
device with virus scanning software, and are NOT to be removed manually,
as they are not part of the standard installed software on a TomTom GO
910. They present no danger whilst driving with the TomTom GO 910.
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Rob
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