It spreads through text messages. Quick Story: If you get a "very strange or unusual text message," immediately turn off your iPhone and restart it.

What exactly does this virus do? Well, first, let me clarify that it is NOT an actual virus--it's more of a hack, though many people are considering it a virus. What happens is the SMS text message allows the hacker to gain control of your iPhone and essentially do whatever he wants to it--whether it be make phone calls, send MORE text messages, gain access to your contacts and whatever else they want to do with your information. Everything on your iPhone is at risk with this security hole.

Major security flaw leaves iPhones vulnerable for SMS texting virus and other hacks
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I ran across Bleeping Computer when I was searching for a solution to a problem a family member was having with his PC -- something called VirusProtect Pro, a piece of malware that, ingeniously I might add, runs in your taskbar and alerts you to all sorts of "bad things" going on in your computer and then tells you how to get rid of them -- by buying their software.

Kinda like the cure to kidnapping -- ransom.

Not only is there a list of complete instructions for removing the crapware, but there is a link to automated tools to rid yourself of it without manually modifying your registry. Very nice.

So, I looked at the overall site, and it's wonderful. It offers lots of good information, and better yet, solutions to common and not-so-common problems.

Check it out!

Links to VirusProtect Pro fixes.