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Your second link is an article from 2012 that says Apple stopped saying Macs can’t get viruses...

drieddust 7y ago
Not getting a virus is a theoretical impossibility so Apple claiming the contrary is dishonest. Moreover Apple only stopped after misleading users for a long time and that also hapenned after high profile incidents as explained in the article.
- Razengan 7y ago
  Did iOS ever have a “virus”?
  - drieddust 7y ago
    No, never iOS is deisgned by Gods themselves. https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Malware_for_iOS https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Malware_for_iOS
    - Razengan 7y ago
      Not all malware is a "virus." Has iOS ever had anything where one app could "corrupt" other apps?
      - drieddust 7y ago
        > Not all malware is a "virus." Haha, this is called moving the goal post. Fanboys do this all the time :) Edit: Plenty of buffer overflow and momory corruptions are listed for iOS just in 2019. https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=49&product_id=15556&version_id=&page=1&hasexp=0&opdos=0&opec=0&opov=0&opcsrf=0&opgpriv=0&opsqli=0&opxss=0&opdirt=0&opmemc=0&ophttprs=0&opbyp=0&opfileinc=0&opginf=0&cvssscoremin=0&cvssscoremax=0&year=2019&month=0&cweid=0&order=3&trc=155&sha=9268e05c272522ad7ffb4839270cfc837249a395 https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=...
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        saagarjha 7y ago
        > Haha, this is called moving the goal post. Fanboys do this all the time :) Ignoring the jab, which has no place here, malware is a general term which includes viruses. From the Wikipedia page on computer viruses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus): > The term "virus" is also misused by extension to refer to other types of malware. "Malware" encompasses computer viruses along with many other forms of malicious software, such as computer "worms", ransomware, spyware, adware, trojan horses, keyloggers, rootkits, bootkits, malicious Browser Helper Object (BHOs), and other malicious software. The majority of active malware threats are actually trojan horse programs or computer worms rather than computer viruses. The term computer virus, coined by Fred Cohen in 1985, is a misnomer.[16] Viruses often perform some type of harmful activity on infected host computers, such as acquisition of hard disk space or central processing unit (CPU) time, accessing private information (e.g., credit card numbers), corrupting data, displaying political or humorous messages on the user's screen, spamming their e-mail contacts, logging their keystrokes, or even rendering the computer useless. However, not all viruses carry a destructive "payload" and attempt to hide themselves—the defining characteristic of viruses is that they are self-replicating computer programs which modify other software without user consent. > Edit: Plenty of buffer overflow and momory corruptions are listed for iOS just in 2019. Again, these aren't viruses or even malware.
        drieddust 7y ago
        > The majority of active malware threats are actually trojan horse programs or computer worms rather than computer viruses. What's your point here? Hidden malware secretly watching your phone is better than explicit virus? Ignorance is bliss I guess. > defining characteristic of viruses is that they are self-replicating computer programs which modify other software without user consent. and Malware doesn't replicate?
        saagarjha 7y ago

Not getting a virus is a theoretical impossibility so Apple claiming the contrary is dishonest. Moreover Apple only stopped after misleading users for a long time and that also hapenned after high profile incidents as explained in the article.

Razengan 7y ago
Did iOS ever have a “virus”?
- drieddust 7y ago
  No, never iOS is deisgned by Gods themselves. https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Malware_for_iOS https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Malware_for_iOS
  - Razengan 7y ago
    Not all malware is a "virus." Has iOS ever had anything where one app could "corrupt" other apps?
    - drieddust 7y ago
      > Not all malware is a "virus." Haha, this is called moving the goal post. Fanboys do this all the time :) Edit: Plenty of buffer overflow and momory corruptions are listed for iOS just in 2019. https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=49&product_id=15556&version_id=&page=1&hasexp=0&opdos=0&opec=0&opov=0&opcsrf=0&opgpriv=0&opsqli=0&opxss=0&opdirt=0&opmemc=0&ophttprs=0&opbyp=0&opfileinc=0&opginf=0&cvssscoremin=0&cvssscoremax=0&year=2019&month=0&cweid=0&order=3&trc=155&sha=9268e05c272522ad7ffb4839270cfc837249a395 https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=...
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      - saagarjha 7y ago
        > Haha, this is called moving the goal post. Fanboys do this all the time :) Ignoring the jab, which has no place here, malware is a general term which includes viruses. From the Wikipedia page on computer viruses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus): > The term "virus" is also misused by extension to refer to other types of malware. "Malware" encompasses computer viruses along with many other forms of malicious software, such as computer "worms", ransomware, spyware, adware, trojan horses, keyloggers, rootkits, bootkits, malicious Browser Helper Object (BHOs), and other malicious software. The majority of active malware threats are actually trojan horse programs or computer worms rather than computer viruses. The term computer virus, coined by Fred Cohen in 1985, is a misnomer.[16] Viruses often perform some type of harmful activity on infected host computers, such as acquisition of hard disk space or central processing unit (CPU) time, accessing private information (e.g., credit card numbers), corrupting data, displaying political or humorous messages on the user's screen, spamming their e-mail contacts, logging their keystrokes, or even rendering the computer useless. However, not all viruses carry a destructive "payload" and attempt to hide themselves—the defining characteristic of viruses is that they are self-replicating computer programs which modify other software without user consent. > Edit: Plenty of buffer overflow and momory corruptions are listed for iOS just in 2019. Again, these aren't viruses or even malware.
        drieddust 7y ago
        > The majority of active malware threats are actually trojan horse programs or computer worms rather than computer viruses. What's your point here? Hidden malware secretly watching your phone is better than explicit virus? Ignorance is bliss I guess. > defining characteristic of viruses is that they are self-replicating computer programs which modify other software without user consent. and Malware doesn't replicate?
        saagarjha 7y ago