[pchelpers] News:Apple Blames Microsoft for iPod Virus

  October 18, 2006
By Ed Sutherland
UPDATED: Apple Computer (Quote) is apologizing to owners of recent video 
iPods users who may find their devices infected by a Windows-based virus.

While the RavMonE.exe virus is rated a low risk by anti-virus companies, 
the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker is pointing a finger of blame 
at Microsoft. (Quote)

Apple said it discovered the RavMonE.exe virus on video iPods leaving a 
contract manufacturer and effects units purchased after Sept. 12, 2006. 
Owners of iPod nanos, shuffles and Mac OS X operating system are 
unaffected, according to the Cupertino, Calif-based computer maker.

The virus propagates using mass storage devices connected to Windows 
machines, such as external hard drives, digital cameras, removable media 
and USB flash drives. The effect is mild: your computer security 
settings are lowered and is easily-detected, according to McAfee .

More here:
http://news.earthweb.com/security/article.php/3638651
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