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Iphone: Virus, malware etc. / hacking – Internet sharing / hotspot

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Dear all

I have an iphone.
I have a laptop with Windows installed.

My iphone is not jailbroken. It is full updated. I have no suspicious apps installed.

1.
Can my iphone get virus, malware etc.?

2.
Can iphone virus, malware etc. infect a Windows system?
Can Windows virus, malware etc. infect an iphone?

I have used my iphones internet sharing / hotspot, to connect my laptop to the internet.

3.
Can my iphone spread virus, malware etc. to my laptop, if the lapotop use the iphones internet sharing / hotspot?

4.
If my iphone is hacked, can the hacker then get access to my laptop, if the laptop is connected to the iphones internet sharing / hotspot?

5.
Iphone internet sharing / hot spot, is that like a network, where all units connected can see and “interact” with eachother?

Thank you
Best regards

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Reply To: Iphone: Virus, malware etc. / hacking – Internet sharing / hotspot

In reply to Iphone: Virus, malware etc. / hacking – Internet sharing / hotspot

Phones are not easily prone to viruses/malware as a computer (laptop/desktop) unless you are in the habit of opening unknown files or attachments or downloading applications from untrusted download sites.

Simply put, cell phones, while similar to a computer, lack many of the required components that would make them vulnerable to attack. Many of the applications that you see which claim to provide that protection are just “fluff” and are designed to scare users and get money from them, IMHO…..

Re: malware

In reply to Iphone: Virus, malware etc. / hacking – Internet sharing / hotspot

Let me answer some questions:

1. There are anti-virus programs made for iOS. I assume that’s not without a reason, and then the answer is yes.

2. Very unlikely. You can’t run an iOS app on Windows, or a Windows program on iOS. Since malware is some form of program or app, it can’t run.

5. A hotspot program on your iPhone, like any hotspot, accept your requests and forwards them to somewhere else, and then gets an answer from that somewhere and sends that to you. If the hotspot program is compromised, it can send something you don’t want.

Reply To: Iphone: Virus, malware etc. / hacking – Internet sharing / hotspot

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Thank you for your reply

5.
Here I mean Iphone personal hotspot.

When I am home, on my home network / router, I can see other devices connected to the network / they can interact.
Does iphones personal hotspot do the same?

Re: hotspot

In reply to Reply To: Iphone: Virus, malware etc. / hacking – Internet sharing / hotspot

That’s easy to try out, isn’t it? Just connect 2 devices (laptop, tablet, phone) to your hotspot and see what you can see.
Please tell the result of your experiment.

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