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Section 4-6 - PC based products - Vulnerability and Precautions
Section 4-6PC based products - Vulnerability and Precautions
Most GE Ultrasound (GE U/S) products are PC based, which means they are potentially vulnerable to
infection by viruses aimed at PCs. The three ways that viruses spread and how GE U/S products are
affected:
Internet - GE U/S products in general do not contain, or do not use the functionality (typically email
applications and web browsers) that is used for spreading viruses (or trojan horses) in this way. The
only internet connection available from a GE U/S product is to the GE online center, which is done
through a secure VPN connection.
Therefore, there is very little risk that GE U/S products will be infected by internet-spread viruses or
trojan horses.
Network-worms - All GE U/S products can be networked and are potentially vulnerable to infection. GE
U/S has taken and will continue to take precautions to limit this vulnerability.
Removable Disks - GE U/S products support the use of removable disks. But these GE products will
actively use the following kinds of disks only:
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GE software installation disks
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Image disks (in DICOM or GE proprietary format)
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GE backup disks
The latter two kinds of disks do not contain files that could contain viruses (executable files or
documents that might contain macros). GE U/S takes precautions to make the software installation
disks virus free. Auto execution of files on removable disks is disabled by GE U/S products.
Although new computer viruses continue to evolve rapidly in a manner that is difficult or impossible to
predict with certainty, there is very little risk that GE U/S products will be infected by viruses from
removable disks.
