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From: George Kerby on 30 Nov 2009 18:29



On 11/30/09 2:14 PM, in article hf193p$c7n$2(a)posting2.glorb.com,
"WindsorFox<[SS]>" <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> John Navas wrote:
>> The blaze of publicity that accompanied the release of the first iPhone
>> worms this month has sparked interest in selling anti-malware products
>> for the device. However no such security products currently exist and
>> Apple shows little inclination in licensing any that do get developed.
>>
>> Antivirus products for Symbian smartphones have been available for
>> years, but not one antivirus product is available for the iPhone, from
>> any vendor. Releasing such tools would require the help of Apple, which
>> tightly controls what applications are licensed to run on the devices
>> via its successful AppStore marketplace.
>>
>> But since both the ikee (Rickrolling) and Duh worms affect only
>> jailbroken iPhones (with SSH open and default passwords) the line from
>> Apple is that there's no need for anti-malware for iPhones.
>>
>> MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/25/iphone_anti_malware/>
>>
>
> C'mon John, everyone knows there's no such thing as a McIntosh virus....

I really did not believe that audio high fidelity equipment was prone to
computer viri!

Well, goes to show you that one can learn something every day from the
geniuses on Usenet, doesn't it?

From: George Kerby on 2 Dec 2009 09:29



On 12/1/09 10:13 AM, in article hf3fbn$kam$3(a)posting2.glorb.com,
"WindsorFox<[SS]>" <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> George Kerby wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11/30/09 2:14 PM, in article hf193p$c7n$2(a)posting2.glorb.com,
>> "WindsorFox<[SS]>" <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>> The blaze of publicity that accompanied the release of the first iPhone
>>>> worms this month has sparked interest in selling anti-malware products
>>>> for the device. However no such security products currently exist and
>>>> Apple shows little inclination in licensing any that do get developed.
>>>>
>>>> Antivirus products for Symbian smartphones have been available for
>>>> years, but not one antivirus product is available for the iPhone, from
>>>> any vendor. Releasing such tools would require the help of Apple, which
>>>> tightly controls what applications are licensed to run on the devices
>>>> via its successful AppStore marketplace.
>>>>
>>>> But since both the ikee (Rickrolling) and Duh worms affect only
>>>> jailbroken iPhones (with SSH open and default passwords) the line from
>>>> Apple is that there's no need for anti-malware for iPhones.
>>>>
>>>> MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/25/iphone_anti_malware/>
>>>>
>>> C'mon John, everyone knows there's no such thing as a McIntosh virus....
>>
>> I really did not believe that audio high fidelity equipment was prone to
>> computer viri!
>>
>> Well, goes to show you that one can learn something every day from the
>> geniuses on Usenet, doesn't it?
>>
>
> Just shows where my interests lie doesn't it...

English is not your primary language?

From: George Kerby on 2 Dec 2009 09:41



On 12/1/09 12:22 PM, in article 011220091322446617%nospam(a)nospam.invalid,
"nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <hf3fv5$kd1$1(a)posting2.glorb.com>, WindsorFox
> <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Someone said it's impossible to get malware on an iPhone, my question
>> was are you willing to bet everything you have on that belief?
>
> nothing is impossible so your question is basically a straw man.
>
> the point is that the risk of iphone malware is effectively zero
> because everything is codesigned and sandboxed. someone would have to
> find an exploit and then figure out how to turn it into something evil.
> not that simple.

By asking others to "put everything on" their "belief" reveals an almost
theological neurosis. When he carries on with the "you don't know who I am"
diatribe, it is almost certain that he is somewhat unstable.

Our game-boy "Fox" has a biological disorder, so I am cutting him some
slack. When one has flawed logic, it is cruel and futile to engage them in a
rational discussion.

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