Apple Pushes Unnecessary Software to Windows PCs

From PC World: Apple again used its software update tool to push a program that was previously not installed on a PC, according to Computerworld tests early Monday.

Later in the day, however, Apple removed the software from the update list.

Apple's Software Update for Windows -- a utility most often installed on PCs when users download iTunes -- was offering something called "iPhone Configuration Utility" to Windows users, even to machines that have never connected to an iPhone.

Popular Windows blogger Ed Bott first reported on ZDNet that the tool was included in new updates. Computerworld confirmed that the 22MB download was offered to PCs, including those running Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Vista SP2, that had never been used to synchronize an iPhone.

The tool, chimed in Simon Bisson of itexpertmag.com , is actually an enterprise-grade tool for network administrators, who use it to create and deploy device profiles so users can securely connect to a company's Exchange mail servers.

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