Much to the disappointment of many, Apple has recently made the announcement on their website that around 1% of Video iPods which were out for the public by September 12 carried a virus known to affect Windows-equipped computers. However, they go on to comfort the new iPod consumers, and state that the said virus, which goes by the name of RavMonE.exe, can easily be taken care of by any up-to-date virus scanner.

The people over from Apple have also issued an apology: "We are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it." Aww...

It would have been nice if it ended at that, but according to the security experts at Sophos, Apple may have not really identified the name of the virus, which in turn, will cause virus scanners to miss this piece of malware completely. According to them, RavMonE.exe is a common or generic name that hackers use in order to disguise their programs. Also RavMonE.exe is a program that comes from a legitimate application, RAV Anti-Virus, which may be another factor for virus scanners to not see this infected file.

So, to cut the long story short, Apple has accidentally released a Windows-based virus to the public and they may not actually know what it is, hence making it more difficult to find and remove.

Sophos has noted, however, that they will look into it and provide the necessary information to the public once they've correctly identified the sneaky little virus. It may only be a Windows-based infection, but who knows?

How nice of them, don't you think?