Apple iPod shipped with Windows virus

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A virus on your new iPod! Outrageous but true. Apple has confirmed that around 1 % of Video iPods shipped after September 12, 2006 came with RavMonE.exe virus. So what exactly is RavMonE.exe, it is a backdoor Trojan which reduces system security, changes browser settings making your system more susceptible to attacks and once all this is done it contacts several remote sites to report the infection and availability of the backdoor. As always Mac users can relax as it affects only Windows PCs. Thank god, the iPod nano and Shuffle are not affected.

Of course, Apple is upset at Windows for not being hardier against such viruses, but they're even more upset with ourselves for not catching it. We all are aware that Apple is desperate to wean people off Windows but this time they have gone a bit too far.
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by dhiram, posted October 25, 2006 - 9:29 AM in Other Stuff | Comments ()


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