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Windows malware hides in iOS app
Infected app pulled by Apple from App Store
By Gregg Keizer
July 24, 2012 04:04 PM ET
Computerworld - Windows malware slipped past Apple's eye and has been found tucked into software available on the company's iOS App Store.
Although the malware, labeled a worm by Microsoft and tagged as "Win32/VB.CB" by the company, is ineffective against Apple's iOS and OS X operating systems, it may pose a threat to iTunes customers who download iPhone and iPad apps to their Windows PCs before syncing to their mobile devices.
CNET first reported on the worm earlier Tuesday.
A user reported Win32/VB.CB to Apple's support forum around 10:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. The user, identified only as "deesto," said that his or her OS X antivirus warned that "Instaquotes-Quotes Cards for Instagram" was infected.
"I just downloaded two apps from iTunes, and one of them has been flagged by ClamXav as being a virus," wrote deesto.
While others commenting on the same support thread initially suspected the warning may have been a false positive by the antivirus software, CNET and Computerworld separately confirmed that the app was, in fact, harboring the worm.
More information:
http://www.computerw...ides_in_iOS_app
Infected app pulled by Apple from App Store
By Gregg Keizer
July 24, 2012 04:04 PM ET
Computerworld - Windows malware slipped past Apple's eye and has been found tucked into software available on the company's iOS App Store.
Although the malware, labeled a worm by Microsoft and tagged as "Win32/VB.CB" by the company, is ineffective against Apple's iOS and OS X operating systems, it may pose a threat to iTunes customers who download iPhone and iPad apps to their Windows PCs before syncing to their mobile devices.
CNET first reported on the worm earlier Tuesday.
A user reported Win32/VB.CB to Apple's support forum around 10:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. The user, identified only as "deesto," said that his or her OS X antivirus warned that "Instaquotes-Quotes Cards for Instagram" was infected.
"I just downloaded two apps from iTunes, and one of them has been flagged by ClamXav as being a virus," wrote deesto.
While others commenting on the same support thread initially suspected the warning may have been a false positive by the antivirus software, CNET and Computerworld separately confirmed that the app was, in fact, harboring the worm.
More information:
http://www.computerw...ides_in_iOS_app
