Nifty, but the iPod needs to be running Linux to be infected by Linux.Noslo.

Kaspersky Lab has discovered the first virus designed to infect iPod portable media players. The virus, which has been named Podloso, is a proof of concept program which does not pose a real threat.

The virus is a file which can be launched and run on an iPod. It should be stressed that in order for the virus to function, Linux has to be installed on the iPod. If the virus is installed to the iPod by the user, the virus then installs itself to the folder which contains program demo versions. Podloso cannot be launched automatically without user involvement.

Also, the virus has to actually be installed by the user, but just think about all of those other portable devices, cell phones included, where that isn’t the case.

This entry was posted on Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 10:10 am by Anil Polat and is filed under hardware. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.