An iPod Arrives, With A Virus

[Osiris]

A word of caution for those of you thinking about buying recertified iPods. Some companies use a third party company to recertify the devices instead of Apple. This has lead to incidents like this where the owner finds a nasty virus on the “recertified” iPod.

The iPod came in just a couple of days--but as soon as I unwrapped it and connected it to my Mac at home I got an ominous alert from my usually quiet antivirus software. The iPod, it informed me, contained some virus known as AdobeR.exe.

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[Preacher]

By your gadgets first hand

 

[Nitestick]

hmmm i've dealt with AdobeR in the wild at my college. myself and S0ULphIRE removed it from all systems we found infected. back then there wasn't info on the net about it it took a while for us to realise it was propogating to removable drives.

 

[KSoD]

Kinda like the iPod that was returned to Wal-Mart and resold with pr0n on it. That was another classic. But sadly was only a local thing...

 

[Kharn]

Sorry I just found this.

There is a element of risk by buying any storage device 2nd hand, especially when buying of places like ebay or craigslist. But when you buy it from a company that has a good reputation you should receive a good standard of service on the device. That being said if it's a one off I can understand, but companies should always scan the device before it leaves there care.

 

[veg1992]

Wow iPod Virus........

 

[saltynay]

I thought macs didn't get viruses that is what they say in there adverts

 

[Ste]

I thought Ipods were the virus??

[/bad joke]

 

[carnageX]

I thought Ipods were the virus??

[/bad joke]

Of course not! It's the OS that they're running that's the virus on them!

*rimshot*

 

[KSoD]

I thought Ipods were the virus??

[/bad joke]

It isnt a bad joke when you are talking the truth. Get a ZUNE!!!! or a Sandisk or something worth buying...