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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 10:48 pm
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Flashback malware on iPhone?
Does the warning on the flashback trojan horse apply to iOS 4 on iphone if javascript is enabled? Warnings for OSX say to disable javascript to be more safe....
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 11:25 pm
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The iPhone and iOS are safe from the flashback trojan. The attack vector is Java and not javascript. While similar sounding, they are different products and not related to each other.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 7:12 am
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Originally Posted by squeakr
Does the warning on the flashback trojan horse apply to iOS 4 on iphone if javascript is enabled? Warnings for OSX say to disable javascript to be more safe....
the warnings say to disable java, not javascript (they're different) and there is no java on an iphone.

iphones and ipads are very safe because all apps are sandboxed and codesigned and the browsers do not support plugins. even if you did download something, it can't do anything.
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Old Apr 12, 2012 | 10:21 am
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thanks all!
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