Trojans, malware, spyware and viruses have become common place in the virtual Internet World with many pieces of software designed to clean up PCs and laptops. Many PCs have been hit by a virus at one stage or other, sometimes with dramatic consequences. A computer virus has now been found in outer space – or more precisely on laptops aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Nasa have said that the virus that has infected the laptops is the Gammima AG Computer virus, which is not considered to be a serious virus.
The virus, has, however, caused some concern as the laptops are used by astronauts to send emails, watch videos and to record details of their experiments. The virus can steal login details for online games and is considered to be a nuisance rather than a risk. The laptops supposedly did not have anti virus software, but were not thought to be critical to the work.
Channel 4 News did ask whether the machines were connected to the mission critical network, to which there was an initial silence and then Nasa neither confirmed nor denied that the machines were connected up. Nasa did say that it is not the first time that a virus has been found – are any machines immune?
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