Virus on iPhone, how to find, how to remove and how to prevent infection!
If you own an iPhone, iPod [1] Touch or iPad and you are using Windows, scanning by an antivirus program will be in vain because these devices use an Apple operating system (iOS) and therefore it is formatted in a file system that is not NTFS or FAT, unlike Windows also need permissions to read and modify files, so the antivirus will not work properly or will be effective.
SSH (Secure Shell) is a remote computers used to communicate protocol.
When installing OpenSSH iPhone [2] you can create a connection to the device from the PC either wired or WiFi, internal access using programs like WinSCP, iPhone Tunnel Suite, iPhone Browser, iFunBox, etc. Explore and absolutely change all your files.
How to avoid virus infection in the iPhone and prevent remote access?
Notwithstanding the above warning it is possible to use SSH and to have fully protected the device, it is necessary to follow one of the following two measures:
Disconnect SSH at any time you connect to the network, only enable it to access the interior of the device.
Change the default root password.
Install SBSettings application.
SBSettings is a small application that you can download and install for free.
In addition to several useful options that add a button or toggle to turn SSH on a temporary basis, ie if after using a program to access the device, disable this feature, it is impossible that any application can access inside the device.
SBSettings can be found and installed from Cydia those with the Jailbreak.
Change the root password (root).
Change the root password is the ideal method then we make to an iPhone or iPad [3] Jailbreak.
Completely prevents access to the interior of the device.
Using SBSettings we may be forgetting so me time off SSH.
To change the password of an iDevice, it is necessary for those who use Windows, install an application called iPhone Mobile Terminal, the process is simple and consists of only 4 or 5 steps.
Download from Cydia version according to the device you are using.
Change the root password with Terminal
After installing the Middle Initial application, you will see a screen similar to the CMD in the black screen of the Windows.
 Follow these steps:
1 â€" Write your, press the Enter key
2 â€" Enter the default password alpine (nothing will appear), press Enter
3 â€" Enter the password command, press Enter
3 â€" Enter the new password and press Enter (must be 5 or more characters)
5 â€" You will be asked to re-enter the new password, do so and press Enter.
That is all.
How to know if the iPhone has viruses and how to remove viruses?
One of the most common viruses in these devices is called ikee, it penetrates your iphone from internet and infests the terminal, it immediately creates the necessary files to lock and prevent access by SSH to the owner, and it only allows the attacker to connect the external site.
Apart from the symptom that is impossible to access the inside of the iPhone [4] with the programs that you used regularly, there will be no reason to suspect that the device is infested.
SSH is reinstalled the connection and it is only possible for a few minutes, the virus quickly blocks the connection.
If you have installed the iFile application, you can explore inside the iPhone because this app does not need SSH, if you identify files created by the virus, you can remove them manually, which will solve the problem.
Download it from iFile Cydia.
Links
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