Routeplanners: SatNav & GPS News

TomTom has admitted that it shipped TomTom GO 910 in-car GPS receivers
infected with two Trojans: Win32.Perlovga.A Trojan and TR/Drop.Small.qp.

“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.

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.”

These Trojans reside within files called host.exe and copy.exe. If you find
these on your device you can delete them - your GPS will continue to work
normally because neither of these files form part of the TomTom’s software.

You might feel happier scanning your TomTom with a virus scanner and letting
that fix any issues - hook it up to your PC and scan it as you would any
other drive. If you don’t have a virus scanner installed on your PC (you
should!), then you can use a free online scanner, such as Windows Live
Safety Center.