iPods Ship With Windows Virus Pre-Installed

At long last, Apple has stopped competing with Microsoft fairly! A small number of iPods shipped from the factory with a Windows virus pre-installed — and hundreds of journalists were there for the launch party. According to Apple itself, "less than 1 percent" of all video iPods sold since the revisions announced at the Sept. […]
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IpodAt long last, Apple has stopped competing with Microsoft fairly! A small number of iPods shipped from the factory with a Windows virus pre-installed – and hundreds of journalists were there for the launch party.

According to Apple itself, "less than 1 percent" of all video iPods sold since the revisions announced at the Sept. 12 "It's Showtime" event have carried along the RavMonE.exe virus, which only affects Windows machines.

Apple's very contrite about it, stating that only 25 known cases of thevirus have been reported, but don't hesitate to mock Windows, too.

The iPod nano, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X are not affected, and allVideo iPods now shipping are virus free. As you might imagine, we areupset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, andeven more upset with ourselves for not catching it.

I'm sure Apple is so upset that a competitor's product has such a dramatic vulnerability compared to their own. Tsk. How disappointing. The battle has been joined again.

Via Digg.