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October 17, 2006
Apple Ships Windows Virus on Small Number of iPods
Apple Computer this week said that a small number of its updated fifth-generation iPods were shipped to customers with a virus that could affect users of Microsoft's Windows operating system.
"We recently discovered that a small number -- less than 1 percent -- of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006 left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus," the company wrote in a bulletin on its support website.
"This known virus affects only Windows computers, and up to date anti-virus software which is included with most Windows computers should detect and remove it. So far we have seen less than 25 reports concerning this problem.
"Apple said its iPod nano, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X operating system are not affected, and all Video iPods now shipping are virus free.
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady at October 17, 2006 10:48 PM
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This is unacceptable.
Apple should ship a Windows virus on EVERY iPod. :)
Either that, or Apple should ship a free time-limited trial copy of MacOS X on iPods -- one that will run on any PC with certain minimum specs. That would be the ultimate virus.
Posted by: Welborn at October 20, 2006 12:23 PM
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