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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gotta worry about anything with a dongle that attaches to a computer. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stabbytheicepic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 2:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[@stabbytheicepic <br>Danglin' my dongle.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DoctarPeppar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 2:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[@stabbytheicepic <br><br>Gotta turn off autorun. It's the first thing I do on a new Windows install.<br><br>But I first and foremost blame Microsoft for enabling such a huge vulnerability. I wonder what were they thinking..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ibelike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[@stabbytheicepic Or just stop using a vulnerable OS? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aikiwolfie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 9:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[As always, please learn to wipe out your phone and reflash a better (cleaner) version of the OS.  XDA is your friend!<br><br>They are building a bigger Android group.  It's not WinMo only anymore.<br><br>And if you are a big Android fan with a WinMo device, they have working variations of Android for you.<br><br>If you are just a WinMo nut like me, they have always had you covered.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kjb434]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 2:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Tattoo is a pretty nice phone actually. Screen could obviously be better but I don't complain. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 2:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[Speaking of Panda, the new Honey Walnut Shrimp from Panda Express is actually quite good. It's $1 extra though, which sucks, but not too much.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[paul34]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 3:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[lol is it malware because it spells so badly?! Nice one h4ck3rz!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bugmat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 3:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[@bruckwine <br><br>Yes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HardToBelieve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 3:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ah, Daring Fireball. Explains how such an issue got spun into such disgusting crap.<br><br><br>How "daring", pfft.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikeo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 3:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh my gosh, malware on a sdcard... I'm sure android and htc are at fault. I mean, it couldn't be window's habbit of starting unknown executables from mass storage devices...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pebcak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 4:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[so an employee at an anti-malware company gets a new phone and is greeted by malware once it is plugged into a computer?  i call bullsh!t on that one.  i wouldnt even report that without hard proof, otherwise it is just free advertising for the company]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gdigenis1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 5:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA["good thing it's discontinued"<br>Aren't 90% of phones out there discontinued?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[topspeed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 6:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[In Japan the phone is being sold under the name HTC-03A by NTT Docomo, and it hasn't become discontinued yet (docomo's product page is at <a href="http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/pro/ht03a/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/pro/ht03a/</a>).  Perhaps they'll have to release a clean copy of the OS?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cadmium]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 6:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does anyone know how the APp approval process goes for Android Marketplace?  Is there an evaluation phase for the apps?  The one thing that worries me about multi-tasking is that it could allow background apps to "listen" in on me and send my data elsewhere.  or am I just being overly paranoid.  <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Chu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 10:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Dchu220 When you install an app it tells you which services the app requires or uses such as full internet access or access to your contact list. If you don't trust the app, you shouldn't install it first of all, but you can review the list of services and click cancel.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr.Jeckyl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 1:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[@DrJeckyl <br><br>Thanks for the reply.  I played around with my friend's G1 but haven't touched an Android since.  It's good to know that they do have some safety measures in place.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Chu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 2:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[its been a while since i heard of the cornfucker, i mean, conficker worm.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andres]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2010 11:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[This can happen with any usb peripheral, with thumb drives being the most common.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 1:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[ After apple is done with HTC their phones will be even worse .]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 4:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[Only hitler would own a phone that says. "I pwned joo"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[duggy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 7:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[OK, as I posted on the Panda website, the phone does not have malware installed. The Android OS uses the YAFFS2 file system that is not mountable in Windows operating systems. When you plug an Android phone into a Windows machine you get the inserted SD card. THAT is where these things are being stored in this particular case. It'll most likely be whoever is contracted to provide the cards that is to blame here.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[schizophreud]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 10th 2010 8:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it's discontinued)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/customer-greeted-with-malware-on-vodafone-issued-htc-magic-good/</guid><description><![CDATA[What a lucky coincidence.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pies]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 15th 2010 12:46PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
