Vodafone's Spanish customers hit by memory card virus

Monday, 22 March 2010, 17:15 IST
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Bangalore: Malware found on 3000 HTC Magic and other phones came from memory card, according to a report. After malware related to the Mariposa botnet was discovered on a second HTC Magic phone from Vodafone this week, a Vodafone spokesperson issued a statement to CNET on Thursday saying it was a "local incident in Spain." In response to questions about the latest report, the spokesperson provided an e-mail statement on Friday that said: "Vodafone Spain has identified customers that could potentially be affected by the incident and Vodafone Spain will be sending these customers a new memory card. Additionally, Vodafone Spain will provide these customers with tools to verify and fix the integrity of their devices."