I've gotten hundreds at work, all addressed to sales, but none here at
home...guess I'm a "no mate guy".;^) Geez, and I have a total of 4 email
addresses at home. I'm just a lonely guy...not!
At any dealership I've seen, the computer that reads the codes from the car
engine mgmt system is a stand-alone unit. Not connected to the network.
Well, now that I think of it, the stand-alone unit is updated by CD, floppy,
or maybe connecting to the network. No, I don't think it is all web
based...yet.
Safety Fast!
Gordie Bird
62 MGA
> This week has been pretty incredible.... I was in my office yesterday,
> having some files migrated to a new laptop, and the IT support person was
> handling about 25 other machines that were infected. I heard that we had
> to shut down a server farm in Raleigh, NC, earlier this week for a day
> because so many people were infected from the various virii and worms
> floating around this week. Personally, I've been running LiveUpdate and my
> Norton Anti-Virus twice a day on both my laptop and home computer this
> week....
>
> I wonder if a virus could ever get into a car's engine management
> computer? Does anyone know if service computers are linked into a dealer's
> network? Now THAT would be an interesting problem! Imagine if someone
> wrote a virus that would (for example) crank up the boost to maximum for a
> turbocharged car?! Thinking about this as I am looking at new cars to
> replace my trusty '95 Jetta...
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