I caught a virus on the way to work...

You all know by now that computers have Virii. And some of you may know by now that all the new cell phones come with internet access. Well this is all well and good until you realize that your phone is a small computer and that it also is subject to virus infection. Now a lot of cell phones are equipped with Bluetooth, which is a nifty little wireless setup.

Guess what else uses Bluetooth? That's right, it's your car. A lot of the newer cars are coming with navigtion systems and wireless devices that are partly run with Bluetooth. So let's do some math: Virus gets on the internet, virus gets on your computer, virus sneaks into your phone, virus makes the jump to your car !?!?!

A lot of your car's systems are run by computer. Your airbags, emission controls, navigation, sound system, and certain parts of the engine are run by the car's computer. Can you imagine how nasty that would be if you lost control of those. Now let's not fret just yet. F-Secure a prominent anti-virus software company has made some attempts to load a virus into a car's system and was unsuccessful. Bear in mind that even if your systems were taken control of, you would still have the use of the car, but some of the systems may not be working correctly. It would most likely require some form of system reboot or flash from the dealer to correct the issues. For now the problem is on the horizon, but as we all know, in the computer business, the horizon is only a day away.