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Asus implements fix for malware attack

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company Asus is seen on a notebook computer during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

(Reuters) - Asus said on Tuesday it released an update to fix an attack, which according to security researchers had targeted one million-plus Asus users last year by hijacking the computer maker's software update system.

The company said "a small number of devices" have been implanted with the malicious code through a sophisticated attack on its Live Update servers.

Moscow-based cyber security provider Kaspersky Lab said on Monday the attack took place between June and November last year and was used to deliver a software update with a "backdoor" that would give hackers access to infected machines.

(Reporting by Vibhuti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

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