Malware found on some server motherboards

A small number of its server motherboards may be harboring malicious software, warns computer maker Dell. According to the company, the issue has been discovered in a limited number of replacement motherboards involving four server models. Specifically, affected motherboards have been found to contain the W32.Spybot worm in flash memory, which will affect users running unpatched versions of Windows without any antivirus software.

Dell admitted that "There was a sequence of human errors that led to the issue," though it gave assurances that new systems shipped from Dell's factory are completely unaffected. Non-Windows operating systems are also not affected, though Dell says it has assembled a customer list and is currently working through it to contact affected customers.

For more on this story:
- check out this article at Computerworld
- check out this article at PC World
- check out this article at The Register 

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