With its tremendous functions: camera phone, visual voicemail, text messaging, portable media player, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, an Internet client that also includes e-mail, web browsing, multi-touch screen, virtual keyboard and a lots of third-party applications that includes games, GPS navigation, TV shows, movies, references or social networking this can be considered a unique device.
Since 2007 this device suffered different changes in its performance area. The last model known as iPhone 4 released in 24 June 2010 includes video calling features, a remarkable retina display with a 960-by-640 resolution, HD video recording and a built-in LED flash camera of 5 megapixel. Its operating system is called iPhone OS. Mac OS is based on a secure UNIX platform. In conclusion because of this MAC is very good in not contracting viruses. Still there are viruses that do make problems on MAC.
If this device brings a new era in the technology field does this mean iPhone is immune to viruses? Is there or isn’t a possibility to infect this device with malware or even Trojan. A recent study shows that iPhones can get viruses. Usually the small number of iPhones that got viruses were the jailbroken devices. It is also true that Appple researchers did introduce viruses on a few numbers of iPhones, but just for security reasons. These kind of devices were not released on the market. It is knows that in the beginning of this year, 2010 hackers invented a special Trojan virus for OS X operating system used by Mac computers. Hackers do transport this virus with the help of torrent files.
The Australian people found out the first virus created for iPhone. What does this virus do? It pops up on the display the Rick Astley picture – a big and important rock musician and a text message that says: “ikee wi never live you”. Specialists say that though this could be a harm antivirus it could mean the beginning of electronic attacks on Apple devices.
Did you know that after a few weeks of fast forward you can virus your iPhone with worms? In what way do you think these warms can affect your computer? Let me know. Specialists say that worms can steal data or take control over your device. Do you think you need protection against viruses for your iPhone? Let me know about your ideas.
On one hand you can protect your iPhone by downloading antivirus software on your MAC computer. In this way you can protect your computer against different web thread, malware or MAC viruses. Don’t forget to stay up-to-date with your software antivirus and operating system, use common sense – for example delete strange looking e-mails in order to open them, avoid dangerous neighborhoods – don’t open questionable sites like for example hacker sites, warez sites, don’t follow the crowd – avoid using alternative software. On the other hand you could try to restore your iPhone using iTunes if you think that there are threats to your iPhone and check if this is the solution.
Researches show that BitDefender, the Romanian company well known in our country and also in Europe for its strong software antivirus programs invented a solution for iPhones' problem in dealing with viruses. Based on the SDK codes, released by Apple they will be able to bring security/solutions.