Macworld’s Jim Dalrymple reports that the first Trojan for the iPhone has been discovered. As originally discovered by modmyifone, this Trojan only works on phones hacked to use Installer.app. So stock iPhone users are safe, but users with hacked iPhones should be vigilant.
Of course, you should be vigilant anyway. And understand that as the user of a hacked phone, you are at the mercy of the software sources you’ve set up in Installer.app. In this case, the person who created the Trojan — reportedly an 11-year-old kid — used the source jmwiki.com to install an app that posed as Erica’s Utilities, but was actually an app that removed files from the iPhone’s /var/root/bin directory. Installer.app is really cool, but the fact is, you’re installing software over the net — and so you should only use trusted sources. Or be willing to take the risks involved from downloading and running random software! Your call either way.
Proving exactly what Uncle Steve said in the first place. Coincidence? Trust no one. ;-)
I wonder how an 11-year-old figured out how to do this- although admittedly, it's probably a very simple app. It needs no gui and has only one purpose.
So ... if you remove all the doors and windows in your house you are telling me that it is easier to break into your house then if you left all your doors and windows on your house and kept them locked? Is that what you are telling us?
Olsen...that's exactly what it means. Doesn't your question suggest an obvious answer?
Actually Walt, what "Uncle Steve" said is that they didn't want to open the iPhone to third-parties because they didn't want a software problem to bring down AT&Ts network. And you can see how often that has happened with all those jailbroken iPhones.