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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Windows Virus Infiltrate the Apple Application Store

Windows Virus Infiltrate the Apple Application Store

Malicious program (malware) on Windows does not effectively work on Mac OS operating system and Apple's IOS. However, different story if the Windows malware to infiltrate the Apple App Store, the shopping center applications for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Technology site CNet reported, found a type of malicious program computer worm (a worm) on Windows, which infiltrated the App Store. The worm infiltrated into the application called Instaquotes-Quotes Cards for Instagram, which was developed by the Ilyas Hassani Moroccan origin.

According to the Computerworld site, this could be a problem for users of iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, an Apple iTunes account to synchronize in a computer operating system Windows.

An Apple mobile device users, that synchronizes from a Windows computer, download the two applications, one of which is Instaquotes-Quotes Cards for Instagram. "I downloaded two apps from iTunes, and one was infected by the virus," said a user who uses the name "deesto".

Computerworld extract Instaquotes application-Quotes Cards for Instagram, then was scanned using antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows 7 computer. This antivirus software to detect and warn that there is a file containing Win32/VB.CB, which is actually a long worm.

According to the Microsoft site, the worm appeared in 2008 and was known by another name W32.Imaut.AS (by Symantec), W32/Autorun.worm.h (McAfee), and W32/VB-DGA (Sophos).

Microsoft say that the worm this "try spreads passing Yahoo! Messenger."

The process of spread of the worm can be done through the Internet are connected to the infected system. There is a worm which include the virus code, which can destroy files, steal documents, e-mail, or do other damage.

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