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To: jdm

Apple was less virus/malware attacked than Microsoft for so long that the dirtbags who do that sort of thing decided to “make it fair”.

Hackers of that kind are worthy of summary execution!

Of course, that’s just MY opinion...


3 posted on 01/09/2008 4:16:43 PM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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To: JimRed; jdm
This story is not complete... the trojan can only be installed on a "jailbroken" iPhone and is specifically targeted to people who have installed a specific third party application. The Trojan pretends to be a file to prep that specific application to work with the soon to be released 1.1.3 upgrade to the iPhone firmware.

In other words, to get infected with this trojan, the iPhone user must first Jailbreak his iPhone, violating his guarantee and user agreement, have that specific non-Apple application loaded on the iPhone, download a "prep application" from a site totally unrelated to the application the Trojan says its intended for, install it into the jailbroken iPhone to get infected. Then, and only then, can they complain... and then sue Apple...

How stupid can a user be?

Now, does anyone want to say that Macs are only secure because so few people use them that no one will write malware for it... security by obscurity... You can't get much more obscure than the case of the iPhone trojan above... yet, someone has written malware for it...

4 posted on 01/09/2008 5:25:24 PM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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