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Technical Help & Discussion => Mobile Phones & Other Handheld Devices => Topic started by: Simon on November 23, 2009, 23:44

Title: How To De-Worm Your iPhone
Post by: Simon on November 23, 2009, 23:44

So you jailbroke your iPhone. Maybe you wanted to try out some of the third party apps. Maybe you just wanted to tweak your interface. Either way, you did it without changing your root password. Now you're helplessly staring at a picture of Rick Astley, thanks to one of the new iPhone worms that are running wild--or worse, your personal information, including online banking data, could be compromised. Here's how you can figure out which worms your iPhone might have, get rid of them, and ensure that they don't come back.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/182893/how_to_deworm_your_iphone.html

Title: Re: How To De-Worm Your iPhone
Post by: sam on November 23, 2009, 23:46

I can see a whole new apple software market coming... i just wonder if the people offering the fix are the same who wrote the bug... not that I'm a conspiracy nut or anything  :crazy:

Title: Re: How To De-Worm Your iPhone
Post by: Simon on November 23, 2009, 23:49

You're probably right, Sam, given that I suspect half of all computer viruses emanate from the anti-virus software vendors.   ':|