How about some fries with that virus-infected MP3 player?
Here are two words that are sure to make for an unhappy meal: viral infection. That's what "winners" of a McDonald's MP3-player giveaway in Japan got along with their free tunes, Engadget reports. Some of the MP3 players apparently came with a copy of the QQPass trojan-horse software, which copies user passwords and e-mails them to a hacker.
Sadly, this isn't the first time an MP3 player has shipped with a virus. Creative Technology released some infected Zens last fall. At the Browser, we're starting to think that our all-beef patties get more thorough inspections than our music players.
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