Apple: Some 5.5G iPods Shipped with Windows Virus

Apple wants you to buy their products, but nothing will make you wish you were running OS X more than getting a virus on your Windows box thanks to an iPod.

According to Apple, less than one percent of their 5.5G iPod shipments made after September 12th have a little present in the form of the RavMonE.exe virus, which propagates via mass storage devices, and purportedly had infected a PC at the manufacturer where the iPods were produced. Apple has received 25 or so reports of the problem, which they learned of a week ago, and they’ve “been working around the clock to identify the problem and discover its root cause.” Apple has instructions for removal of the virus on their site, but there’s no need for full-blown panic because RavMonE.exe is “technically a worm, not a virus,” meaning it lowers the security of your PC, but doesn’t actual mess with your data itself.

What a crazy world where their just happens to be a Windows virus on an iPod. Strange or a marketing tactic?

Source: Engadget

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