iPods can be hit by virus
Hackers and virus creators have finally infected the Apple iPod – albeit very marginally since it affects only iPods with the Linux operating system (about 0.01% of all iPods).
Kasperksy Lab calls it the ‘Podloso’ while security major F-secure has named the virus ‘Oslo.zip’. According to a report by Kaspersky Lab, the user has to save the virus to the iPod memory for the device to become infected.
iPod Linux is a CLinux-based software distribution targeted specifically to run on Apple iPods, and it enables users to run a variety of third party software such as games. With 70 million pieces the world over, the iPod is the most used music gadget. This virus, however, does not infect iPods that run the default iPod operating system.
