New Computers and Malware

Can you trust your brand-new-out-of-box computer to be free from viruses/spyware/adware/malware?

Apparently not.

I've read stories about the digital picture frames (you've probably seen them for sale at Radio Shack, Walmart, online...) being infected with viruses right out of the box (what a gift!). I've experienced the pain in the butt that is pre-installed crap on many vendor's systems.

But how often do people look for malware being installed on systems fresh from the box? Take a look at this story...