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Ya, its always one big laugh...
When an Apple product gets a virus or Trojan, or heaven forbid reports a vulnerability. But if someone mentions an obscure vulnerability in Chinese versions of Exel...then look out because that hard core proof that MS products are a security sieve.

Evryone here gets a laugh out of the fact that you have to crack the iPhone first to even get this virus, not like its going to be a popular habit for many iPhone owners.

The fact is that as soon as you get any product as popular as an iPhone you are going to have many people wanting to install and use third party applications. So the best you can do is point and laugh at the people who do it because it will inevitably make them more vulnerable to attacks through third party software. But one thing for sure, if you are going to act like its some kind of rare or odd thing to do you will be wrong on that count.

Count on it happening more and more often the longer the iPhone is around. Count on the fact that some lunatic is already working on how the "big one" will make an impact. And we all know, when it comes to this kind of thing, when there is a first one, there is always a second one sooner or later.
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So let me get this straight...  olePigeon | 01/08/08
The story forgot a few things  Timpraetor | 01/08/08
you forget  ivanotter | 01/08/08
Let's see....  MarcB_z | 01/09/08
re-read the story, bud  nancyjones36507@... | 01/09/08
Jailbreak  Too_Busy_To_Be_Here | 01/09/08
Yes, exactly  Timpraetor | 01/09/08
Uh, I didn't realize Bud checked in,  Timpraetor | 01/09/08
The march was: "Stars and Stripes Forever"  seannj427 | 01/09/08
Early PC virii?  filker0 | 01/09/08
I miss the fun virii...  Too_Busy_To_Be_Here | 01/09/08
you iPhone is now stoned  jckatz | 01/09/08
OT: the song is the washington post march  Ima Sudonim | 01/09/08
Pranking as Testing the Waters IS a Common Trick  drprod@... | 01/09/08
ROFL  Aragorn_z | 01/09/08
Ya, its always one big laugh...  Cayble | 01/09/08
What is it that I heard once  GuidingLight | 01/09/08
First virus I ever got was from Apple.  baldwinleo@... | 01/11/08
the brains of the outfit  Hogleg | 01/09/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  Loverock Davidson | 01/08/08
OH YEAH, LET'S GET A WINDOWS MOBILE PHONE!!!!  itanalyst | 01/08/08
ORLY?  ivanotter | 01/08/08
Nah, that would not be a Windows Phone  GuidingLight | 01/09/08
Ya, Lets do that.  Cayble | 01/09/08
Windows Mobile  kwsjr82 | 01/10/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  alpadilla2878@... | 01/08/08
Glad I don't have an iPhone!! No malware in the wild for my phone.  NonZealot | 01/08/08
My iPhone  frgough | 01/09/08
Sorry but there is malware in the wild targetting YOUR iPhone!!  NonZealot | 01/09/08
Um, well, NO, actually  MarcB_z | 01/10/08
Not a "Drive By" -- requires user action to get infected  filker0 | 01/09/08
Better "Drive by Night"...yuh we remain ina de Dark  hipco | 01/09/08
So let me get this straight...  TheTallGuy | 01/09/08
It MUST be!!!  Chippolus | 01/09/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  stanmorgan@... | 01/09/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  Tech-Fun | 01/09/08
Unfare to Trojans  mollenhourb@... | 01/09/08
Greekian Horse  perryroyce@... | 01/09/08
no.  Spiritusindomit@... | 01/09/08
iP what????  arts@... | 01/09/08
Can't argue with you there  seannj427 | 01/09/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  led_zepplin9@... | 01/09/08
The fist of many  Crestview | 01/09/08
Message has been deleted.  JABBER_WOLF | 01/09/08
Blissful Appleness  blaizes@... | 01/09/08
It's a Trohan, not a virus  geoff@... | 01/09/08
Bound to happen  John Musbach | 01/09/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  pieter.hartzenberg@... | 01/10/08
Time for a trojan an virus contest  Boot_Agnostic | 01/13/08
RE: First iPhone Trojan in the wild  marswoo@... | 01/25/08

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