iPod shipped with pre-installed viruses!
10-17-2006 at 11:12 PM
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iPod shipped with pre-installed viruses!
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Apple Computer warned on Tuesday that some of its latest iPods have shipped with a Windows virus. The company said that a small number of video iPods made after Sept. 12 included the RavMonE virus. It said it has seen fewer than 25 reports of the problem, which it said does not affect other models of the media player, nor does it affect Macs.
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hahaah.. ipods have viruses purposely to get back at Windows. Priceless!
Read it here http://news.com.com/Apple+loads+Wind...tag=nefd .top |
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10-18-2006 at 12:38 AM
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apple just loves to screw people over  |
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10-18-2006 at 09:37 AM
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I dont' think they did it on purpose.
They wouldn't lose their iPod reputation just to infect 20 or so windows machines.
Paul
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10-18-2006 at 01:10 PM
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so... how did they get the virus if it isn't supposed to affect macs... and how come it only went on 20 ipods and not hundreds?? Makes no sense to me, only explanation I see is that some workers played a little prank.
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10-18-2006 at 03:15 PM
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i wouldnt be surprized if it was on purpose
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10-20-2006 at 09:02 AM
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Chad 99.9% of the viruses don't affect Macs. This is why Macs are the BEST, though a little too expensive for me to get one  |
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10-20-2006 at 10:34 PM
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actually macs are not expensive. pc's seen to be cheap because their specs are lowered to attract costumers. i wouldn't pay a penny for an operating system that only gives me problems. you can get macs for as low as ~600 for mac minis. you know that your money is actually going to be worth the purchase because everything's just going work.
and for those infected ipods, that was just some workers that got away with it. and even for some reason if it was on purpose, which i don't really care, it just shows you that windows is made to suck your money on virus protection, spyware, addware all that other crap that you don't need.
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10-21-2006 at 12:27 PM
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$1800 USD for a powerbook i would call NOT cheap 
Not cheap for ME, at least lol |
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10-21-2006 at 03:06 PM
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haha ya. Well you gotta get the good quality stuff, which is very high price range. The lower end stuff isn't as good... small screen, etc. Mac Mini's don't come with the accessories like a monitor and keyboard do they? For $600 CAN? I dont think so.
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