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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Greetings. I have an iPod and I listen to it in the car so it goes to work with me. The other day I came hope and plugged it up to my home computer and it said there was an "autorun" file, do I want to run it. I clicked "Cancel" and had a look. There was an autorun.inf file and a RECYLER directory. Inside the directory was a file called jwgkvsq.vmx. Looking through Google, it seems this could be the Conflicker Virus. It had to come from my work computer. I don't have but a few tracks of music on it that I ripped from my CD's. Most of what is on there are podcasts. When I delete the files and reboot the ipod, they are gone. This only happens when I take the ipod to work and plug it up to my work computer. Now that you have more info than you probably need, is it safe to run a virus scan on this thing? I would imagine it is since it's a hard drive. I have heard that it is not recomended though. I am going to test it tomorrow by not plugging it up to my work computer and seeing what happens when I come home. Thanks in advance! Later, C:\ Loading...
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