“In what appears to be a twist on the conventional wisdom that
Windows systems are more vulnerable to viruses than Linux systems,
some of TomTom’s GPS navigation gadgets appear to have infected
Windows PCs with a ‘low risk’ virus.“According to TomTom, an ‘isolated number’ of Go 910 devices
shipped last fall could infect Windows PCs when connected via USB,
for example when backing up data to a PC. The company suggests
fixing the problem by scanning the device’s USB storage from a PC
equipped with updated virus-scanning software, including free
versions available from Symantec and Kaspersky…”