An interesting tale from a reliable source has just tipped up regarding buying bargain iPods online: “The iPod came in just a couple of days–but as soon as I unwrapped it and connected it to my Mac at home I got an ominous alert from my usually quiet antivirus software. The iPod, it informed me, contained some virus known as AdobeR.exe. As I dug into the problem, I learned something I probably should have realized before I ordered. The ‘recertified’ iPod wasn’t recertified by Apple, but instead