3,000 Vodafone HTC Magic Android smartphones infected with malware

Earlier this month there were isolated reports that Vodafone in Spain had been shipping HTC Magic devices infected with Mariposa botnet malware. Now, as many has 3,000 Android powered HTC Magic devices have been infected with the Conficker worm, Mariposa botnet, and a Lineage (game) password stealer, through their 8GB microSD cards. Vodafone is sending letters, replacement microSD cards, and virus scan instructions, to those with the malware.