Apple blames Microsoft for virus-infected iPods
October 18, 2006 - 4:14PM
If you bought a video iPod after September 12, it could be infected with a malicious virus, but Apple says Microsoft is to blame.
"We recently discovered that a small number - fewer than 1 per cent - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006, left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus," reads the statement.
The virus to which Apple's statement refers has been named by anti-virus vendors as "W32/RJump.worm", and affects only computers running the Windows operating system.
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Interestingly, Apple has moved to blame Windows, rather than its own quality control procedures, as the cause of the issue.
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no surprise there. apple is a company that relyes on looks to sell. there computers are crap, underpowerd and very low quality. their computers are targetted at the stuck up teens and other pompus people. just thihnk, with almost every product they have put out it has series problems heres a list
the crap book pro: hot Hot HOT!!!!!!!!
g5 : if your in the mood to have green goo shoot out at you, this is the computer to go with.
the mac book: gets discolored very easly.
mightly mouse: the wheele gets clogged easly, and no ay to clean it as you cant get the ball out without taking arpat the mouse
ipod nano: the color faids easly ; scratches easly
crapple III: not even going to go there...
mac mini : the perfect computer if you like using a putty knife to get the case off to upgrade the ram.
ibook/power book: battery suddenly expodes
itunes: runs liek crap on windows machines, and comes with free spyware.
This is typical Steve Jobs retoric - Apple are never responsible for anything it's always someone else's fault - someone has watched way too much Oprah
no surprise there. apple is a company that relyes on looks to sell. there computers are crap, underpowerd and very low quality. their computers are targetted at the stuck up teens and other pompus people. just thihnk, with almost every product they have put out it has series problems heres a list
the crap book pro: hot Hot HOT!!!!!!!!
g5 : if your in the mood to have green goo shoot out at you, this is the computer to go with.
the mac book: gets discolored very easly.
mightly mouse: the wheele gets clogged easly, and no ay to clean it as you cant get the ball out without taking arpat the mouse
ipod nano: the color faids easly ; scratches easly
crapple III: not even going to go there...
mac mini : the perfect computer if you like using a putty knife to get the case off to upgrade the ram.
ibook/power book: battery suddenly expodes
itunes: runs liek crap on windows machines, and comes with free spyware.
no surprise there. apple is a company that relyes on looks to sell. there computers are crap, underpowerd and very low quality. their computers are targetted at the stuck up teens and other pompus people. just thihnk, with almost every product they have put out it has series problems heres a list
the crap book pro: hot Hot HOT!!!!!!!!
g5 : if your in the mood to have green goo shoot out at you, this is the computer to go with.
the mac book: gets discolored very easly.
mightly mouse: the wheele gets clogged easly, and no ay to clean it as you cant get the ball out without taking arpat the mouse
ipod nano: the color faids easly ; scratches easly
crapple III: not even going to go there...
mac mini : the perfect computer if you like using a putty knife to get the case off to upgrade the ram.
ibook/power book: battery suddenly expodes
itunes: runs liek crap on windows machines, and comes with free spyware.
chris
Thanks Mr MacHasNoCommandLine.
Credibility = 0.
Not really any point in addressing any of those individually as they really lack too much grounding in reality.
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And actually, for those that bothered to read the article (and I'm guess there's at least 2 of us) Apple did not lay all the blame on Microsoft.
While this doesn't need to turn into an education on the English language (well, not yet anyway), the quote is as follows.
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Interestingly, Apple has moved to blame Windows, rather than its own quality control procedures, as the cause of the issue.
"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," Apple says
The first statement is a little sensationalist, if the quote is read properly Apple blame themselves more (meaning not less) than Microsoft.
Many of us are not big of facts or literal interpretation etc., but I'd recommend that you guys read the article in its entirety.
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Interestingly, Apple has moved to blame Windows, rather than its own quality control procedures, as the cause of the issue.
The author states that Apple blames Microsoft, but not themsevles, however this is in direct contrast with the immediately following statement:
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"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," Apple says
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Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
no surprise there. apple is a company that relyes on looks to sell. there computers are crap, underpowerd and very low quality. their computers are targetted at the stuck up teens and other pompus people. just thihnk, with almost every product they have put out it has series problems heres a list
the crap book pro: hot Hot HOT!!!!!!!!
g5 : if your in the mood to have green goo shoot out at you, this is the computer to go with.
the mac book: gets discolored very easly.
mightly mouse: the wheele gets clogged easly, and no ay to clean it as you cant get the ball out without taking arpat the mouse
ipod nano: the color faids easly ; scratches easly
crapple III: not even going to go there...
mac mini : the perfect computer if you like using a putty knife to get the case off to upgrade the ram.
ibook/power book: battery suddenly expodes
itunes: runs liek crap on windows machines, and comes with free spyware.
chris
What the heck chris! I am no way "stuck up" I love the OS. Apple is creative in their designs. Every company has their problems! If you want to continue this on aim feel free to im me. WTF is the apple III?
Last edited by Axim_X50_owner; 10-18-06 at 03:10 PM.
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