Antivirus Protection for iPhones

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interesting is that the security holes where then used by the iPhone owners to unlock their. devices and remove the restrictions applied by the Cupertino …

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24 October 2007
Apple’s iPhone
By: Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor
Antivirus Protection for iPhones
Designed by Bitdefender
Security company BitDefender rolled out a new virus definition for its antivirus technology in
order to discover the malicious files used by attackers to exploit the reported vulnerabilities
in Apple’s iPhones. In case you missed the news, it was said that an attacker can use a
dangerous TIFF file in order to exploit the flaws from iPhone’s Safari browser. What’s most
interesting is that the security holes where then used by the iPhone owners to unlock their
devices and remove the restrictions applied by the Cupertino company. This way, they
would be able to install any software they want without any limitation.
BitDefender reported that the flaw affects only the version 1.1.1 of the Apple iPhone
firmware. Because the consumers would be able to install anything they like, they all need
an antivirus technology able to defend their device against viruses and other types of
malicious files which might harm their handheld. That’s why BitDefender decided to
implement iPhone support into their antivirus technology which would offer the protection
mentioned above.
“Owners of unlocked iPhones are especially at risk…