iPods Come Complete With Windows Virus

kaufmanmoore writes "Cnet is reporting that some video Ipods made after September 12th have the RavMonE virus loaded onto it. In Apple's announcement they take a swipe at Windows security and encourage Windows users to install anti virus applications."

where's my ketchup

[Blurp123456789]

Was is outsourced at McDonald's?

Re:Apple Q/C guys caught with their pants down

[voice_of_all_reason]

...like, that puzzle game with the apple logo! I beat it, but it's still fun...

And also cue the...

[twoallbeefpatties]

...anti-Apple hateboys taking preemptive strikes at Apple apologists that haven't even spoken up yet. Welcome to another fun-filled Apple thread at Slashdot.

Re:Uhh, What?

[linuxmop]

Infected is right. These iPods are Apple's smallpox blankets to Microsoft's American Indians.

Re:secret weapon

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait'll the next batch of MS Office 200x for Mac comes out, and the splash screens are all horse porn or goatse

Re:Also shows...

[CaymanIslandCarpedie]

But then they'd get sued by security vendors for ruining thier market.

Good thing Apple doesn't do food

[ServerIrv]

The FDA is reporting that some of Apple's produce shipped after September 12th as having the E. coli bacteria. In Apple's announcement they take a swipe at Intelligent Design, "As you might imagine, we are upset at God for not making human beings more hardy against such bacteria and viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it."

Re:How is it Possible to be Elitest AND Stupid?

[Grishnakh]

That's like MacDonald's importing meat infected with Mad Cow Diease, then blaming the FDA for not catching it.

Bad analogy. It's like McDonald's (no a) selling burgers infected with MCD, and then blaming the humans for being vulnerable to it. Except that unlike humans in the real world (who are all susceptible to MCD), the humans in this crazy analogy universe have a choice between different bodies: one that's not only vulnerable to MCD, but every other disease out there, and has to be constantly immunized against them, and even then performs terribly, stops breathing and loses conscienceness occasionally, and is ugly to boot; and a few other bodies that are naturally immune to every known disease, are stronger and live much longer, don't need sleep, and are very attractive. Only the idiots who chose the ugly, disease-infested bodies get MCD so McDonald's justifiably tries to assign them some of the blame for making a bad choice.

Holy appropriate analogies Batman!

[Lactoso]

"If I just distributed a device with a virus on it I would not be throwing stones at the security practices of another company."

Especially not when you live here [com.com]...

Re:Good job, Jobs!

[Salvance]

So now Apple needs a commercial where the Mac guy is picking up biohazardous waste while wearing a virus-proof bunny suit and "accidentally" spilling it on the PC guy who's just laying there in his beach clothes enjoying himself.

Re:This sounds a bit suspicious...

[wetpantsclub]

They would use Macs but they are too expensive. ;)

Re:Also shows...

[billsoxs]

You overestimate the harmlessness of Readme files.

Yes except you need to READ the readme files for them to be an issue.

Re:Good job, Jobs!

[Odin's Raven]

Next PC vs Mac commercial, the Apple version:

PC is wearing a "boy in the plastic bubble" suit, wandering around with a bottle of Formula 409, obsessively wiping down everything he sees. Mac casually strolls up from behind and taps PC on the shoulder of his bubble suit. PC shrieks and starts spraying and wiping the suit. Mac asks what's up, PC starts babbling "Viruses...viruses are everywhere. Anything I touch might kill me. Never clean enough...never...clean...enough". Mac sadly shakes his head and wanders off.

Next PC vs Mac commercial, the Microsoft version:

Mac walks over to PC and offers to let PC listen to Mac's iPod. PC puts on the headset, starts tapping his feet and snapping his fingers, then suddenly flops onto his back, goes into convulsions, and dies. Mac slinks off the stage, looking embarassed and guilty. James Earl Jones voiceover grimly intones "iPods kill - buy a Zune".

Re:Come again??

[Anonymous Coward]

The reason the MAC is safer on a production line is that viruses usually only target computers...

Fair's fair

[Weaselmancer]

Microsoft should ship each Zune with a Mac virus.

Re:nah, this has happened before

[buswolley]

ITs great. Apple blames Windows for the Virus...but who put it on th ipod?

Re:Come again??

[Mr2001]

My guess is that the factory uses Windows because PCs are less expensive than Macs. That and the applications being run not supporting OSX (or Linux, for that matter).

Less expensive, maybe a little bit, but a Yugo is less expensive than a Ferrari too! Just look at how much more you get: FireWire! Magnetic power cords! Genius bars! And isn't it worth a few more bucks to make your factory snappier?

Besides, there are plenty of factory applications for Mac! There's AssemblyLine...

Super AssemblyLine...

*whisper* Photoshop...

</fanboy>

Re:Fair's fair

[Shadyman]

Microsoft should ship each Zune with a Mac virus.

It does. Doesn't it "run Windows"?

Re:Also shows...

[Jack Pallance]

'develop on the platform you are releasing for'

They would have, but the developers complained about having to use the IPod's scroll wheel to type all of their code.

Just great

[Anonymous Coward]

For years my systems have been virus free. Now I plug in my NEW Ipod and I looked into the file system on it and yup there is the virus and yup it has installed itself on one of the non development boxes. Now im forced to check the other boxes to see if damage has been done. It looks like a host of multiple visrses took over the box i hooked up to on the first night when i installed i-tunes and transfered over my old IPod files.
Way to go apple
Who do I send the bill for the clean up to ? Please post it in this thread I'll be happy to send the serial number of my ipod to you for proof.

 

Re:Also shows...

[Anonymous Coward]

I once worked on a product, where we had a file on disk called IGNORE.ME. I can't for the life of me remember why.

you've got the analogy all wrong!

[rabiddeity]

No no no, it's like McDonald's giving out USB devices with a trojan on them [slashdot.org] and... wait a second.

Re:Also shows...

[Mike Peel]

Odds are that more people read it than would have read a READ.ME file in the same folder.

Microsoft would love to copycat.

[DrYak]

I've never heard of a real, self-propagating, OS X virus in the wild.

Yeah, it's a real shame that Microsoft's Zune Player is windows-only.

iTunes

[Jeebos]

I know iTunes is a crappy application (on Windows), but I don't know if I'd go so far as to call it a virus...

Re:nah, this has happened before

[Em Adespoton]

Personally, I think the main suspect would be a platypus in a devil suit. Someone like that is _bound_ to be up to no good....