Fisher-Price Camera Virus: It's Not Just for Kids

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According to a report from CBS news station WBZ, popular children’s toy maker Fisher-Price has shipped an extra bonus prize along with one of their cameras for kids…a virus.

The Fisher Price Kid-Tough digital camera is infecting the computers that connect to it via the USB cable supplied with the toy.

Anna Tapper couldn’t wait to tear open and try out her favorite present.

“I take pictures of lots of things,” Anna said.

Her father, Jeff Tapper, said she had a big smile on her face the minute she knew what it was.
“She was glad to have her own camera and she didn’t have to ask mom and dad for theirs and she could take as many pictures as she wanted,” Tapper said.

When Tapper went to download her work, he found her camera had two viruses. Luckily, his anti-virus software spotted them before he downloaded them onto his computer. Without an up-to-date virus-fighter, his laptop could’ve been infected.

“Especially since it’s a kid’s digital camera it’s the last thing you’d expect to have a virus on it,” Tapper said.

Source: WBZTV

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