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Old 10-19-2006, 01:40 PM   #1
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Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus
Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus

We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006, left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus. This known virus affects only Windows computers, and up to date anti-virus software which is included with most Windows computers should detect and remove it. So far we have seen less than 25 reports concerning this problem. The iPod nano, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X are not affected, and all Video iPods now shipping are virus free. As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it.

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Nice! Follow any of the link provided and you'll find instructions on how to scan your IPod and remove the virus ... if it's there.

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Yes i heard about this. Very bad for windows. I wonder if apple did that on purpose. luckily i just got my ipod 2 days ago, and so far i don't think it has a virus. Anyway hopefully there won't be anymore viruses.
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I just got an ipod, and I don't see any windows anywhere.
I see apretty silver apple when it loads
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