My Olympus Camera got busted with virus

Well I don't think there'd be a PC virus that can actually wreck your cam. But I may be wrong. You might need to take it to a proper Olympus technician to get into the problem.

Well, either the camera companies are lagging behind or the virus-makers are way ahead.

One can't be too careful when connecting devices to to PCs.
As suggested, a company technician should be able to help maybe reinstall all the system software.

Virus on cameras are not usual so I know next to nothing about it either.

But clearly, the virus came from your PC, when you connected the camera USB to it. If there is something that might be infected, it would be the memory stick, I guess. That is where virus will reside. If you have separate card reader, you can try scanning the files. But if that virus has already done something to the "processor" or "program" stuff of the camera, then maybe it is harder to fix. As far as know, some virus are designed in a way that will self-destruct or will ruin whatever it is programmed to ruin with combination of user input (in this case maybe shooting, saving, or reading files)


Another possibility is, some Olympus cameras would malfunction if you disconnect it from the PC improperly, like if you terminate the connection without "stopping the removable device" first or if you modify the file on the camera while it is connected to the PC (for example, if you rotate the picture using the programs in your PC).

I'm not going to say no virus can damage your camera, but it is so unlikely that it isn't worth bothering about. Viruses are computer programs and need an operating system to function; true a digital camera has a primitive OS, but not the kind that virus makers design their payloads for.

The memory card is another matter. It has to be able to interface with Windows, Linux, MacOS and any other OS it might encounter, and it can certainly be used to transport a virus from computer to computer. But that is where it is going to drop its payload, not in the digicam.

If the card has been formatted in a "clean" camera, turn off your Olympus and remove the battery. Replace and insert the formatted card: if you still have problems, odds on it's the camera, not a virus.

It could be toast. I would remove the batteries from the camera and let it rest for a few days o r a week to see if it will reset itself. Put in some fresh batteries after the week to ten days and see if it works. If not you have not really lost anything. Unless it is a particularly expensive camera it will cost more to fix than the camera is worth. The prices have come down on a lot of the inexpensive camera models that it is uneconomical to fix them.

I am not sure of this but this could be a possibility. Since you camera has memory cards or internal memories, the virus could have infected them. If you have a good antivirus, this is what your gonna do. Connect the camera to the computer, when it appears, you will probably see the memory card or the internal memory. Simply right click and choose scan for virus. This is what I did for my phone. I noticed that it was not working well and some sort of applications are not working well. I connected it to my laptop and scanned the files, two viruses were found. Hope this will solved your problem. If not, it would be better to bring it to an authorized service center.