Virus

"keylogger" alters the computers in the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, where the planes are controlled remotely in Afghanistan

A computer virus that captures keystrokes infected networks used by pilots to control U.S. Air Force drones flying in the battle front, according to a published report.

Wired magazine reported that spyware has resisted efforts to remove the computers in the cabins at Creech Air Force base in Nevada, where pilots fly the Predator and Reaper at a distance, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

The story that there were no confirmed reports of classified data had been stolen and that the virus did not stop one of its pilots to fly missions. Network security specialists is not clear whether the virus was part of an attack or accidentally infected the network, the story said.

U. S. military already discovered that the insurgents were able to easily capture and save images that are sending troops and return to base for the cameras in the unmanned aircraft.