Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security Inc., called the fracas "a big to-do about nothing," but he blamed Apple's attitude as much as anything for the widespread interest in the incident. "If it wasn't for the fact that Apple has been so smug around malware and viruses and such, this would not have been such a big deal," Storms said.

He said that the action is another example of Apple's lack of transparency about security issues. "It became a big brouhaha because we didn't have any information. Look at the message you get when you try to reach the document now. It doesn't say anything about why it was pulled."