Comments on: TomTom shipped viruses on its navigation devices

"Small number" of GO 910 devices included two Windows-based bugs; no reports of problems yet, company says.

[gggg sssss]

clueless

serves cheap buyers right. Should have baught a Garmin - or Magellan

[techmonkey]

Who's clueless? Your comment makes no sense

Your comment is one of the most idiotic statements I have ever read on cnet:

"...Should have baught a Garmin - or Magellan."

Not only is "baught" spelled wrong, but the notion you propose that Garmin and Magellan are immune to viruses is absurd.

If its running software, its susceptible to a virus. People didnt think the Symbian OS or Mac OS would ever fall victim to viruses but they did. All in good time.

Whether its HDD based or flash based, these products run a variant of some kind of OS, and all are susceptible to viruses.

If you want a navigation system that is immune to viruses, get yourself a paper map!

[Penguinisto]

And this folks is what happens when...

...you put a toy OS into a commercial product.
/P

[Gerald Quaglia]

Toy OS? Linux?

Boy you are clueless.