Ouch – a few new iPods have a virus
From Gizmodo:
Apple just called Giz Editor Noah Robischon to apologize about a few video iPods—less than 1%— that shipped with the Windows virus RavMonE.exe. The virus snuck onto iPods made after September 12th, via a Windows assembly line machine. The bug won’t cause any damage to macs and iPods, but it will reduce the security of Windows machines that the dirty pod passes the virus onto.
Actually, only 25 have been reported as infected. That’s 25 iPods, total. Yet apparently, Apple had this to say:
As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it.
Sure, blame it on Windows. *rolleyes*
They recommend you download a 30-day trial of a virus scanner like Microsoft Live One Care, McAfee, or Norton, to get rid of the virus. Nonsense – if you don’t have antivirus software ALREADY installed on your PC, it’s as good as toast.
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