A Proof-of-Concept Virus for iPods Running Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday April 5, 2007 @11:21PM from the fish-in-a-barrel dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Although antivirus companies will probably create a hype saying that iPods are prone to infections, a virus called 'Podloso' is a newly found virus that is just a proof of concept code that can infect iPods running Linux. Once launched, the virus scans the device's hard disk and infects all executable .elf format files. Any attempt to launch these files will cause the virus to display a message on the screen which says, 'You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus.'"

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Non-story by nevali · 2007-04-05 23:31 · Score: 5, Informative

This is possibly the biggest waste of a story Slashdot's had in a while.

Not only does it only 'infect' iPods running Linux, but it's not even able to replicate. To call it a virus is stretching the truth, to say the least; it's just a program that trashes your binaries.