Apple Computer has posted an article on its support site admitting that it has shipped a small number of fifth-generation Video iPods that contain, for your convenience, a pre-loaded Windows virus.

The iPods contain the Troj/Bdoor-DIJ trojan, which allows an attacker to access and control your system remotely. Apple has traced the source of the trojan to a single infected Windows machine at one of their manufacturers, and claims that "less than 1%" of the iPods shipped after September 12, 2006, are carrying the trojan.

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This is an issue which is becomming more and more relevant these days now that we see the merging of various technology types. Cross-infection of multiple items from a single virus source is occuring more and more, so folks really do need to be careful when linking various electronic gadgets together or allowing wireless/infrared/bluetooth connections to be made.