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iPhone iOS virus infected in a coffee shop through Wifi

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aarondeliu

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May 9, 2015
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Dear all,

I think my iPhone has been infected by a virus in a coffee shop through Wifi connection.

My phone was originally off on my desk, but the screen suddenly showed a meaningless message on the lock screen (please see the image I have attached). After pressing the only button on the screen, my phone is completely disabled. I think it is a virus. When I was in the coffee, my iPhone alternatively connected with a random wifi. I didn't pay attention until the lock screen showed the message in the picture. Have any one experienced something similar? Many thanks!
 

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Strange! I've never seen anything like this, it would help if I could read the language. Have you tried running to the Apple Store and showing them? They probably won't be much help though if you were jailbroken.
 
ipooed said:
Strange! I've never seen anything like this, it would help if I could read the language. Have you tried running to the Apple Store and showing them? They probably won't be much help though if you were jailbroken.
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Hello, my iPhone is not jailbroken and never did.
The message on the bottom means "close" or "turnoff" in Chinese.

I have been using iPhone for 4 years! Never saw this before.
 
Have you tried a hard reset by holding the home and lock button at the same time until the :apple: shows on the screen? My wife and daughter have experienced iOS crashing unexpectedly while on wifi. I suspect there is a bug in iOS 8 that is causing the crashing, but am not certain how wifi plays into. In their cases, the screens went black and were unresponsive until they did the hard reset.
 
aarondeliu said:
Dear all,

I think my iPhone has been infected by a virus in a coffee shop through Wifi connection.

My phone was originally off on my desk, but the screen suddenly showed a meaningless message on the lock screen (please see the image I have attached). After pressing the only button on the screen, my phone is completely disabled. I think it is a virus. When I was in the coffee, my iPhone alternatively connected with a random wifi. I didn't pay attention until the lock screen showed the message in the picture. Have any one experienced something similar? Many thanks!
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Do you use the original iPhone USB cable? Not one purchased off eBay etc? I remember reading this article http://www.dailytech.com/Hackers+Install+Malware+on+iPhone+With+Malicious+Charger/article31680c.htm

You'll have tons of people tell you there is no malware or viruses for iOS, but with iPhones being pretty much the top device there is, there is means to create such.

If there are tons of exploits to be used by jailbreak creators there has to be at least a few hundred people out there that would be smart enough to design/hack an iPhone via wifi.
 
ipooed said:
Do you use the original iPhone USB cable? Not one purchased off eBay etc? I remember reading this article http://www.dailytech.com/Hackers+Install+Malware+on+iPhone+With+Malicious+Charger/article31680c.htm

You'll have tons of people tell you there is no malware or viruses for iOS, but with iPhones being pretty much the top device there is, there is means to create such.

If there are tons of exploits to be used by jailbreak creators there has to be at least a few hundred people out there that would be smart enough to design/hack an iPhone via wifi.
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There are no threats on iOS 8.3 in spite of the large audience that appeals to hackers.
 
I7guy said:
There are no threats on iOS 8.3 in spite of the large audience that appeals to hackers.
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That we know of yet. http://www.itproportal.com/2015/03/05/beware-ios-malware-horizon/
 

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Yup, just some sort of Flash SMS message that is likely spam.

Interesting how people quickly jump to conclusions though.
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Yes because some of us live in the real world where apple produces internet connected devices that aren't as bullet proof as one is "told to believe" and does so because Apple says.

If it connects to the internet IT IS vulnerable.
 
ipooed said:
Yes because some of us live in the real world where apple produces internet connected devices that aren't as bullet proof as one is "told to believe" and does so because Apple says.

If it connects to the internet IT IS vulnerable.
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And that still has practically no relation to jumping to conclusions based one ine thing that wasn't understood.
 
ipooed said:
That we know of yet. http://www.itproportal.com/2015/03/05/beware-ios-malware-horizon/
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We agree, there are no known attack vectors for 8.3 at this time; that can automatically penetrate an unjailbroken system. I'm sure there are some vectors that the user can initiate however.
 
C DM said:
And that still has practically no relation to jumping to conclusions based one ine thing that wasn't understood.
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How does Explaining why I jumped to "conclusions" No realation? Your confusing....
 
ipooed said:
As I was the only user to "jump to conclusions" before your original post.
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How about the OP? Seems like lots of assumptions being made...perhaps you did jump to a conclusion as far as my post in that case. ;)
 
That's kinda interesting, OP gets a flash SMS (I didn't know there was such a thing) and it kinda seems like a pop up. Not to mention, if some jerk decides to abuse this, you can't block them because there is no number assigned to it and there is no history of the text.

Seems like a really cool, private way to text if you had to prevent someone from snooping on your conversation.
 
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