Malware Strikes Apple iOS App Store Again 94
tlhIngan writes "Well, it's happened again. Malware has slipped past Apple again and appeared in the iOS App Store. This time though, an iOS application came bundled with two Windows executables containing relatively old malware. It will not infect an iOS device nor Macs, but might affect Windows iTunes users. Looks like Apple needs to update their Windows malware scanner for iOS app submissions now."
Re:Apple probably wrote it... (Score:0, Informative)
It's not delibrate. Apple is just a shitty platform.
...might affect Windows iTunes users? (Score:5, Informative)
The only way it might affect them is If they decide that they want to unpackage the app's .ipa package file, extract the two virus files, and then execute them, which only iOS developers and malware researchers might have a valid reason for actually doing. As they're currently packaged, however, they're entirely inert. They weren't even being flagged by Sophos and some of the other AV software out there because of how they were packaged and the fact that there was no way for them to execute.
This is a case of two inert files being accidentally bundled in an app package, which is a bit of a non-story, aside from the humorous aspect of it.
Re:My Mac Sucks (Score:2, Informative)
Whooooooooosh!