Windows virus, Now Free with Every iPod

Posted on October 19th, 2006 Posted by Kent

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Dozens of happy new Windows based iPod users found an unexpected surprise in their iTunes playlists; a Windows virus!

Granted, this is old news by now but in light of the totally hilarious nature of this story, I simply could not let it pass without posting something. Believe it or not, this incident truly was merely an unfortunate accident, and not as nutsack conspiracy theorists suggest…a deliberate act. According to the news wire, a batch of 5.5 generation iPods were inadvertently infected with a Windows virus, while in manufacturing, during (ironically) quality control testing when docked with a host PC which was apparently infected with a virus. The infection, both on the test PC and as well as attached iPods, went unnoticed until large quantenties of said iPod units had already shipped.

Perhaps Apple should begin selling downloadable copies of McAfee Anti-Virus from the iTunes Store. What next…rootkits on every iPod nano?

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