AVG Update Breaks iTunes

nate_in_ME writes "After getting a positive from the AVG virus detector while playing music on iTunes just a few minutes ago, I did a bit of research. It appears that AVG has recently pushed an update to the virus definitions that flags every iPod/iTunes related file as being infected with the 'Small.BOG' trojan. Interestingly enough, AVG does not have any information on this particular virus in their virus encyclopedia. Discussion on the Apple forum is up to 4 pages and climbing. One user there had an interesting thought: 'Maybe Palm has some shares in AVG...MUAHAAAA!!' (on page 3)."

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iPhone

[Enderandrew]

I really don't like Apple as a company, but I broke down and got an iPhone. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love the concept of the App Store, but browsing it is a pain. I can see popular apps at the top, but I can't do a power search, or browse by user ratings. I can't put contacts into groups. I can't edit my address book or calendar from iTunes. Syncing with Outlook is broken. Synching with Yahoo is broken. I had to create a new Gmail account, dump my contacts into that, edit them in Gmail, and sync them back, and then certain fields like birthdays wouldn't transfer over.

I can't transfer files or documents to my phone because the damned thing is so locked down for "security" reasons (ie, we're concerned you might pirate apps, even though jailbreaking is easy). The calendar app is a joke, as with the contacts portion. As a smart-phone platform, the iPhone is pretty shoddy.

As a music/gaming/internet device, the iPhone is pretty slick. Safari is fast and simple, though on a small screen, they should have a full-screen mode. They finally wised up and added a landscape keyboard (ages after Google was showing it in Android dev kits and phones), except most places in the OS, and most apps won't allow you to use it. You can't change the small smattering of SMS tones. They didn't add multimedia messaging until the 3.0 release of the software. They just finally added voice memos.

You can't place apps in categories, or theme the dashboard. Overall, I keep hearing how Apple's UI is the best in the world and they just do everything right. I enjoy my iPhone, don't get me wrong. But this UI leaves a lot to be desired.

Re:iPhone

[Darkness404]

or browse by user ratings

Those are broken though. You either have a bunch of 5 star ratings so the app is rated like 5 stars... except for the fact that the newest update pretty much broke the app (see the lolcats app for an example) or a bunch of 1 and 2 star ratings but an update made the app amazing.

Re:iPhone

[Enderandrew]

I really wanted an Android phone, but T-Mobile isn't in Omaha.

The Palm Pre was next on my list. I went to Best Buy last month, and they said they wouldn't get any more shipments until August. The initial shipment also had hardware problems apparently.

And while Web OS looks interesting, there aren't nearly as many apps available.

That's why I ended up with the iPhone.

Re:iPhone

[forkazoo]

You can't place apps in categories, or theme the dashboard. Overall, I keep hearing how Apple's UI is the best in the world and they just do everything right. I enjoy my iPhone, don't get me wrong. But this UI leaves a lot to be desired.

Being terrible and being the best are nowhere near being mutually exclusive when it comes to phone UI's, unfortunately.

Re:This poster is a market droid plant!

[Enderandrew]

The main topic is iTunes. Someone joking said iTunes and all Apple products are a virus. I went on a tangent. Is it off the main topic? Yes. Is it completely off topic? Well, no.

People can feel free to mod it off topic if they so desire. But frankly, tangents are just a reality in Slashdot.