Later in the day, however, 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 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 , 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.

, the iPhone Configuration Utility also adds the open-source Apache Web server software to the PC. "The thing with that iPhone config utility is that it's an enterprise tool for building device profiles. It's not for consumers!" Bisson said on Twitter.