Kaspersky Lab gets credit for discovering (and possibly creating, according to one report) the first iPod virus. That’s right, your iPod could catch a virus. if it’s running Linux, linux, that is.
The virus, dubbed “Podloso” Is a proof-of-concept virus. It infects all .elf format executable files on the iPod and displays a message of “You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus”. The virus must be launched and run on an iPod, and does not have the capability to spread itself. In order to infect an iPod the virus must be transferred there. The virus cannot be launched automatically without user involvement.
Kaspersky put out a press release about the discovery yesterday.
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