Apples, PCs and viruses
p2pnet.net News:- Hello, I’m a Mac (right) and I’m a PC (left).
aaaaCHOOOO!!!
“I have that virus that’s coming around,” says the PC.
You can guess the rest, Yeh? And it’s all about Apple taking a bite out of Microsoft in a video ad.
The same Apple caught shipping video iPods pre-loaded with a virus – a Microsoft virus, of course.
‘Wasn’t us,” said the company in effect. “It was our contract manufacturer. So there!“
The e-bug had been tagged RavMonE.exe and Apple didn’t explain how it got to be on the iPods in the first place.
Interestingly, Steve & Co had previously run a series of video ads in which a PC (must be a Windows PC, right?) catches a virus, but a Mac doesn’t.
But, “It’s not a matter of which platform that the virus originated,” observes virus exert Jonathan Poon on his Notes & Thoughts blog.
“The fact that it’s found on the portable player means that there’s an issue with how the quality checks, specifically the content check was done.
“This also indicates that through the manufacturing cycle, the base device from which the image was duplicated to the other devices in the manufacturing run, was connected to a PC that most probably did not have , and i quote their press release, “up to date anti-virus software which is included with most Windows computers”.
“The press release also show a lack of awareness of how malware works. Focusing on the filename, instead of the actual malware info, might confuse the owners of both the media player and the antivirus program of the same filename!”
Also See:
pre-loaded with a virus – Some video iPods have virus, October 18, 2006
blog – Where’s your class? Your integrity?, Ocrtober 17, 2006
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