Researchers at security firm Kaspersky Lab have discovered a virus that can infect Apple's popular portable media player, the iPod. But users do not have to scramble for protection just yet. The virus would only affect players that run Linux instead of the iPod's native operating system.

Currently, Linux-fueled iPods are a very small minority because they require users to do the system swap. The malicious program, called Podloso, might not present a real threat, but Kaspersky noted that it does demonstrate that it is theoretically possible to create malicious programs for devices such as the iPod.

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