For now, this malware is being downloaded through third-party sources. If you stick to the app store, you should be fine. The malware is carried through protocols that are used for corporate installation on OS X.
Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Nov 7, 2014, at 8:01 AM, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the same reasons you state, I'm not going to worry about it, either. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > you! really! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 8:46 AM > Subject: RE: New Malware Can Infect IPhones via Mac Computers > > > Nothing, until I hear and read more about this which substantiates that this > is more than link bate I am not too worried about it. I wonder why they say > it only gets onto iOS devices via Mac computers and not via PC's. Considering > that PC's are supposed to be more vulnerable to viruses and malware and also > that while Mac computers are growing more than PC's, there are still a lot > more PC users out there than there are Mac users and normally hackers target > the larger group. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jessica Dail > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 6:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New Malware Can Infect IPhones via Mac Computers > > so what do we do so this doesn't happen to any of us? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Russ Kiehne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Did anyone happen to see this? >> >> http://www.newsmax.com/SciTech/apple-malware-infects-iphone/2014/11/06/id/605724/ >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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