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First iPhone Virus Spreads in Australia
Author: Brian8 Nov
It was just a matter of time before a virus would finally make its way to iPhones and apparently first reports of it have now been revealed. Called “Ikee” the said virus changes the iPhone’s background to the picture of 1980’s singer Rick Astley. And it doesn’t stop there. Apparently it looks for other iPhones where the device is networked and spreads its dirty work. It makes use of the pre-installed SSH which is perceived to be unintentionally activated in jailbroken phones. Infection seems to be confined to Australia at the moment, though there are unconfirmed reports of Ikee in Thailand and Japan. There has been no word yet on how to remedy this Ikee virus though it has not been categorized as destructive for now.
(Source) Computer World
Tags: Apple, Australia, Cell Phones, computer world, dirty work, ikee, image credits, iPhone, iPhone, iphones, Japan, matter of time, Mobile News, rick astley, source computer, ssh, Thailand, virus changes
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This wasn’t the first. There is evidence showing that the dutch had the source code first, and that “Ikee” merely stole it, and changed one line. The truth is out there, don’t give in to the first thing you hear.
[...] It seems that there’s a new iPhone virus on the loose and this one is targeting jailbroken iPhones out there. The first one was almost a harmless worm which targeted jailbroken phones in Australia. The worm was programmed to scan the 3G IP ranges of Telus, Optus and Vodafone networks. As soon as those jailbroken iPhone were found the worm would change the wallpaper of the handset to Rick Asteley. [...]
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