iPhone will infected virus and transfered to computer...??i using cable 2 charge phone n my laptop broke down...the technician said the phone gt virus n transfered to the laptop...gt such things..??anyone noe..??

This post has been edited by phone_sales: Oct 30 2008, 09:59 PM

apa ni?

huh?what OS your laptop using?

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/685137/+460#entry20881337

i guess it maybe a possibility, that when u connected your iphone to a PC via USB, your PC recognises it as a USB device and so does the virus. it attaches to your iphone, and when u connect to the next PC the new PC is infected too. but must be a USB virus to transfer this way. lesson: get an antivirus if u are a windows user

just a correction here, how can an executable file attach itself to the phone if its running on different platforms?
basically for iphone, its not the virus that screw the thing up but the owner itself
my pc is full of virus , so guys beware when i plug my phone into u guys pc or mac during the next TT if it so happens that the iphone can be a carrier for all these e-diseases

i dun believe that is a virus...

wouldnt your pc detect your iphone as a usb device? sorta like a thumb drive. virus recignises as a thumb drive and just places itself there?

different platform?nope.

only if it has ability to manipulate kernel.

ic ic. i hope that answers your question TS. will close this thread after a while, leave it open if any follow up enquires by TS

i agree with Baronic.. maybe it juz places itself in the flash drive like other thumb drive virus..


@tek_ken
pendrive got wat platform wor.. juz a flash drive with firmware also ma..
TS said the virus is affecting the PC.. not the iPhone..


correct me if i'm wrong

thx alot all bro...i think should be the usb device got problem...

frm wat i tink, if thr is a virus in a pc, it can maybe sm how attach itself 2 da i3g...but it wun affect da phone..
it may however cause probs 2 other pcs which da phone wud be connected 2
just my 2 cents

understand your meaning bro.
my explanation OT a bit.
I dun think I have to further the explanation.

well it was a good discussion. answer obtained. case closed