Apple sells iPods Video infected with viruses

Yesterday (October 17), Apple announced that a number of iPod Video products have been marketed since September 12, 2006, containing a known Windows virus.

The manufacturer said that about 1% of the iPod Video products sold in the market during the above period were infected with the virus. However, Apple declined to say exactly the number of products that were faulty.

Source: ouvre ' As of the moment we have received about 25 announcements about the iPod Video product being infected by customers - this is equivalent to 1% of the product sold ,' Greg Joswiak - Vice president for Worldwide iPod Marketing - said. ' IPod Nano and iPod Shuffle products are not faulty .'

Apple said the alleged iPod Video products contain the RavMonE.exe virus. This is a virus that attacks Windows operating systems, but users need only the latest updated anti-virus software to completely remove the virus.

The manufacturer recommends that iPod Video users should connect the device to the PC and use antivirus software to scan and remove the virus, then use iTunes 7 software to restore the device's settings.

In addition, users also need to re-scan the entire PC system, digital camera, USB memory stick . to eradicate RavMonE.exe virus because the main ability of this virus is to infect through storage device. This virus does not infect Mac and Mac OS X.

' The virus almost does not cause any damage ,' Joswiak said. ' However, this virus also affects users ' system security .'

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