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Apple: Some Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 18, 2006 - 1:49pm.
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has confirmed that a malicious Windows-based code has shipped on a number of its Video iPods. The RavMonE.exe worm is not rated a serious threat, but can lower the security settings on Windows computers. Apple said the problem affects less than 1% of video iPods shipped after Sept. 12, 2006, and it has so far seen less than 25 reports concerning the problem. The company added that iPod nano and shuffle models, and Mac OS X are not affected by the malicious code. "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," Apple said on a support page of its website. Anti-virus firm McAfee on Wednesday released a software tool that removes the RavMonE.exe worm.
http://www.apple.com/support/windowsvirus
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061017/sftu132.html?.v=50

tags: Tech | Music | iPod | Apple | CE | Microsoft | Security | iTunes | Software | PMP | Windows | Viruses |



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