Malware virus infects space station laptops

The Malware virus has managed to get on the international Space Station possibly because of digital camera storage cards.  So far it has infected at “least one of the laptops used on the station” (Keizer, Gregg. “Malware infects space station laptops.” ComputerWorld. (27 August 2008). 28 August 2008. http://computerworld.com/action/article.), but NASA has confirmed that they are loading all laptops on the Space Station with antivirus software.   The virus, or W32.Gammima.AG, is a “year old Windows worm designed to steal information from players of 10 different online games” (Keizer, Gregg. “Malware infects space station laptops.” ComputerWorld. (27 August 2008). 28 August 2008. http://computerworld.com/action/article. ), particularly towards the Chinese market.  It plants a “rootkit” on an infected system and sends the kidnapped data to a remote server.  This is not the first time a virus has crept its way onto the space station; the good thing about this one is that is designed to steal username and passwords from computer game players which is something you won’t find the astronauts doing.