Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet 7'' uses the same malicious ADUPS software as BLU phones

It turns out that BLU Products is not the only company in the United States that sells devices affected by a serious security issue. Barnes & Noble's new NOOK Tablet 7'' has been found to run the same malicious piece of software as BLU phones, ADUPS.

But this isn't bad news for customers who already paid $50 for Barnes & Noble's tablet. BLU phones that were infected with ADUPS had a “Wireless Update” entry in the Application menu, which allowed the US-based company to disable the ADUPS agent.

Unfortunately, the same functionality is not available ...