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McDonald's gives MP3 players infected with spy ware
newlaunches.com — If it is not lawsuits then there is virus infected MP3 players, the fast food giant is always in the news. It all started in August when McDonald's Japan in association with Coca Cola announced a contest, where a MP3 player was awarded upon sending the unique number on the Coke glass as a text message. In all 10,000 winners were announced and each
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- motheroats, on 10/12/2007, -8/+65they infect your body with cow hormones and they infect your computer with malware, im so suprized!
- twtmc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+113Now fast food is bad for you AND your computer!
- benitojuarez, on 10/12/2007, -34/+5twtmc, best comment ever man, you win at digg.
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -26/+8even more reason to not eat at Macdonald's. you could WIN! but loose more than you win anyways. I'm glad I cut out fast food, most sugar, and soda from my diet. I'm happier, more energetic, and can sleep for 8 hours strait and wake up to go to school early with no problems anymore. YAY GOOD FOOD!
- mastercheif, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4But they now have all 100% white meat!!!
- JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1a certain Britney Spears quote comes to mind.
- dustyshadow, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10"even more reason to not eat at Macdonald's. you could WIN! but loose more than you win anyways. I'm glad I cut out fast food, most sugar, and soda from my diet. I'm happier, more energetic, and can sleep for 8 hours strait and wake up to go to school early with no problems anymore. YAY GOOD FOOD!"
It's ashame it hasn't helped your spelling and grammar skills as well. - WhiskerTheMad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35"It's ashame it hasn't helped your spelling and grammar skills as well."
Yes, it's ashame. It's adamnshame. - Software2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"a certain Britney Spears quote comes to mind"
I may have lost both my legs to diabetes, but I'm still sexy! - NerveBand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4OMFG, I gave that MP3 player to my friend as a gift. Except mine didn't have the Mickey D logo and it was blue. But it looked exactly the same.
Is this more of a generic mp3? - tinker123, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3http://www.tryveg.com
- zeldafan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Nerve
I noticed the same thing, my dad works for xerox and they just gave every employee an MP3 player (which I then got) and it looks exactly the same as this one, only there's a xerox logo instead of McDonald's.
- wisedude, on 10/12/2007, -27/+14HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?????
- Ray_Justice, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19No kidding, how the hell does a huge company like McDonalds not have anyone check out these mp3 players before giving them away to 10,000 customers. And what kind of shady companies are they dealing with that would put this malware on the flash drives in the first place?
- Diggtatorship, on 10/12/2007, -1/+126Well, it happens when you hit that key on the left-hand side of your keyboard that says "Caps Lock." If you push it again that should take care of it.
- snapya, on 10/12/2007, -9/+25Diggtatorship: That is one of the funniest replies ever!
- chembro84, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5We're all emotional over this story, but please try not to shout :)
- Celeron, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32This is what McDonalds gets for buying cheap mp3 players from China!
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Industrial espionage! The Chinese want to start a McDonalds competitor, and were hoping an employee would give them access to the corporate network.
I'm not sure what sort of information they'd be able to get though... to make addictive food load with sugar, fat and MSG. Couple with blanket marketing and advertising even in things that have nothing to do with unhealthy food (football, for example). It's not rocket science... unless that's what they were after... a NASA geek... - HeaDiggrNCharge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1HackDonalds anyone?
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Industrial espionage! The Chinese want to start a McDonalds competitor, and were hoping an employee would give them access to the corporate network.
- friend18, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25It's bad enough Mcdonalds food infects my intestines with diahrea.
- emiles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10That is some really atrocious writing.
- modpancake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5But part of what makes Digg awesome. Digg this story... I'd love to see Kevin and Alex stumble on the description. Plus, it's a very interesting story anyway.
- Zeush8su, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4Just another reason for to stay away from MCD's,Junk food and junk electronics.
- NewPunk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Very irresponsible of the company. They should run thorough quality assurance tests before giving consumers products. This could have been easily prevented if they had the proper processes in place. This isn't as bad as the Sony rootkit, but it's still amazing how large and resourceful companies can screw up something which seems so simple to the techno savvy people of the world.
- brownb2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Agreed - I wish I could digg this up more. I'm sick of the ***** QA so called responsible companies do for the numbers on their bottom line, obviously not customer satisfaction. Incidentally I tracked some of the Sony QA blunders they did earlier this/last year - heres what I found:
1. XCP Rootkit (Software on US music CDs)
2. XCP Patch (Flawed and left another security hole)
3. Connect Player 1.0 (Causes system slow down).
Notably the first 2 were by a UK company and the third was distibuted with some of Sony UK's based MP3 players.
Incidentally I avoid Sony products now, and I'm based in the UK. Sony used to be synomonymous with quality products once upon a time, it doesn't look that way to me anymore.
- brownb2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Agreed - I wish I could digg this up more. I'm sick of the ***** QA so called responsible companies do for the numbers on their bottom line, obviously not customer satisfaction. Incidentally I tracked some of the Sony QA blunders they did earlier this/last year - heres what I found:
- altosaxon, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2I am so lost...
People still go to McDonalds?- CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7Big macs, ***** yeah!
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1It's the McDonalds in Japan. Now I'll have to eat at the Japanese Wendy's, soo desu neh.
- jbrassard, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1The new addition to McDonalds line up is the SuperSpys...
Because SuperSize just couldnt cut it.. - vahnx, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4Does McDonalds still server pizza?
- jamsea, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Dude, I remember when they served pizza! That was freaking awesome! They stopped like 6 or 7 years ago though :(
- brindon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3McDonald's pizza ***** ruled. Nothing like getting a hot pizza at 4AM on a tuesday after studying all day/night. Spicy sauce too.
I remember reading about the $4,000 (or whatever) custom pizza ovens in a magazine once...I wonder what happened to them?
- ButtSpasm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I bet the person(s) who ultimately made the decision to put the malware on the mp3 player is/are laughing their ass(es) off.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Damn you, Grimmace! No shakes for you!
- nikoniko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It wasn't Grimace... it was the Hamburglar!
- Jessehk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I may be oblivious, but are there any sources for this story besides this blog? Otherwise, it might as well be made up in my book.
- snapya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You have a good point....
- DelMonte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9If it had been made up, it wouldn't have made it to the front page of digg, because as we know, digg.com's front page only contains 100% accurate stories, thanks to its ultra-perfected truth-verification mechanism.
- irie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I agree with you bloaks, I need more prove than this piss of a blog.
- BamB00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Here is the source:
I suppose to tell you the sources need to make a Big Mac, but I think this will do it too
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/ (The big headline and link to this following page)
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/whatsnew/release/20061013/index.html - zcat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Google translation of http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/whatsnew/release/20061013/index.html
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As for customer everyone our company, in this year August “GET! MP3/MP3 hits!”When we have executed campaign, it is this campaign prize, in portion of the “MP3 player”, those which have been infected to the virus being included was ascertained. Truly it apologizes more deeply than true heart without excuse, application it receives in this campaign, vis-a-vis the customer who is elected. According to the investigation of this corporation, this virus is a possibility of being infected by connecting this prize to the personal computer. Following, placing on this corporation, making all item of the MP3 player of the prize collect, rapidly from your all customers, we decided that it receives. In the next few days, being able to point to the guide of all the item exchanges vis-a-vis your all customers who are elected, it receives, consecutively, exchanges at with the gratuitous new item. In addition, in order that damage of the customer is stopped in minimum, vis-a-vis your all customers who are elected, by the telephone individually communication after giving, the place where it faces, to the prevention of infection of virus such as guide of offer of the virus extermination software with thorough system it is existence. Furthermore, because as mentioned below we guide virus extermination method already this prize as the one for urgent measure to the customer who becomes utilization, application it receives together, the fish you say to ask. < Virus removal method > 1. Please execute “the trend flex security ™” of the trend micro corporation. 2. When” WORM_QQPASS.ADH” is detected after the executing, please execute extermination tool “Fix-QQPAS.exe”. 3. Changing lastly, it executes the “trend flex security ™”, verification it receives the fact that the virus is not detected, all jobs become end. Furthermore, when reexecuting the “trend flex security ™”, when the virus is detected, the question please adjust to the below-mentioned executive office. * Depending upon the environment of the customer until it completes, there are times when time is required for a while. * Depending upon the environment of the customer there are times when warning and the like which urges un installation is indicated. In that case it is embarrassed, but please communicate to the below-mentioned executive office. * As soon as in the future new information to enter, we inform in this home page. Please verify up-to-date information * the customer of utilization please inquire Windows98 to the below-mentioned executive office in this home page. When there is an unclear point, please communicate to the below-mentioned “MP3 inquiry executive office”. As in the future, similar thing does not occur, it starts strengthening company internal system more. That also in the future, patronage it receives MacDonald, we ask may. Press release ●MP3 inquiry executive office October 13th TEL.03-5148-5099 October 14th 9 regarding main case of the ⇒: To after of the 00 - October 22nd TEL.0120-221-047 (24 hour establishment) October 23rd - TEL.0120-221-047 (9: 00 - 21: 00 establishment) * name of the customer, as for private information of address and telephone number etc we do not use other than object of commodity exchange.
- Technopundit, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I want one anyway.
- altosaxon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3310 free tunes...
Getting Away with Murder - Papa Roach
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Staying Fat - Bloc Party
Dead End Job - The Police
Fat - Weird Al Yankovic
From the Inside Out - Hillsong
Murder (Or a Heart Attack) - Old 97's
Death By Cholesterol - Mucky Pup
Deep Fried Funk - Jeff Mulligan
Cardiac Arrest - Checkpoint Charley- DrunkenPirate34, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Props for looking all that up!
- KiBLeSnBiTs, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1LMFAO @ altosaxon Best comment I've seen on digg.
- ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4^^^ and that's one person's head the joke went right over.
- Smoktiludy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2According to his username, he was apparently too drunk to realize it.
- KiBLeSnBiTs, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2
LMFAO @ altosaxon Best comment I've seen on digg. - compaqnigg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0Thats prolly why they were giving away "free Mp3" players, probably made a deal with some spyware company. Evil Micky D'ss!!!
- bufbarnaby, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1A McVirus AND a McHeartAttack ? wow
- gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10All your username and password are belong to mcdonald's clown.
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He's called Ronald. And he's my friieeennnd...
Is it just me, or are all clowns intrinsically scary?
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He's called Ronald. And he's my friieeennnd...
- BluesRockGuitar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3One super-sized McTrojan, please.
- squirrelza, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2OK enough with the Mc jokes please
- boran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anyone looked up QQPass info, looks like it's more like a virus/trojan rather than spyware:
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojqqpassi.html - tmcdigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1>>>Guess you can say the HamBurgler STRIKES AGAIN!!!
.. and just in time for Halloween! Muahahaha!
I'd really stay away from Mc'D's because their food really, REALLY is not healthy anymore. It's gotten worse over the past 5 years in many ways including the price [cheaper for them to buy/make, less healthy for you to eat]. Someday someone will do a study on the health effects 5, 10 years of moderately occasional eating of a value meal, in terms of health costs like diabedes, heart attack, stroke, obsesity, etc. If you people would stop buying their crap, they'd MAYBE start seeing the light and change some content problems, but ever since they had that "SPAT" with their BEEF/meat suppliers, their food just went DOWN THE TUBES health-wise! - misfit410, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Lay off McDonalds food, jesus.. I don't care where you get your burger and fries but if you eat them every meal of everyday, you are going to be a fat f***....
You know people do have the option of pointing at a salad(MCD's has one kickass Caesar Salad that rivals anything you will find in most restaurants), or the fruit
and yogurt salad. Even a chicken breast wrap is lowfat.
You don't have to eat there if you don't want to, but lay off the place, Morgan Spurlock is a biased tard, and some of us, once in a while just want a nice greasy big mac... just not every damned day.- moonhead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Couldn't agree more. I'm sick and tired of people bagging places for selling un-healthy food. If i want to eat healthy food I'll go to a supermarket and buy a lettuce, if i want high fat/salt/sugar foods I'll go to McD's.
- astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who the hell is going to jog with a McDonald's Soda Cup of an MP3 player attached to their body.
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