Which IS a port of Linux....a very EARLY port of it.
Ipad and viruses
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Which IS a port of Linux....a very EARLY port of it.
What you saw is a new class of malware generically referred to as hostage-ware. Here's an example--
Fake AV & Talking With The Enemy | Symantec Connect
Fake AV & Talking With The Enemy | Symantec Connect
I'm sorry, but that is kind of nonsense. There have been several apps that have been sneaked into the App Store with hidden features that Apple completely missed. So they obviously don't do too much testing and checking. The reason that someone hasn't tried an attack from the App Store is that first of all you have to register with Apple and second Apple would pull the App before it was able to infect that many devices.
Also, every jailbreak is a virus basically, so there ARE exploits, the last one being a PDF exploit if I am not mistaken, which means that someone could have easily downloaded an infected PDF if someone were inclined to make it.
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lol
Which IS a port of Linux....a very EARLY port of it.
lol .. I don't think that is true though. BSD is an extension of UNIX and in fact it is quite a bit older than Linux. Part of the reason Linux was created was because people were tired of waiting for a BSD solution that would run on x86 hardware. BSD has been around since the 1970's. Linux wasn't even conceived at that time and the first Linux kernel was released in the early 1990's.
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Look don't scare the guy.
I haven't seen any iPad virii or even heard of one.
Yes the possibility is there but so is death by meteorite bombardment.
The chances of getting one are fairly minmal atm and we'll have to face the problem in the future if and when it occurs.
Let him padd in peace.
I haven't seen any iPad virii or even heard of one.
Yes the possibility is there but so is death by meteorite bombardment.
The chances of getting one are fairly minmal atm and we'll have to face the problem in the future if and when it occurs.
Let him padd in peace.
