Intego’s latest Virus Barrier will also scan your iPhone for malware; Kinda pointless at this stage
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 2:52 AM PST In Applications, Security, iPhone
The latest version of Intego’s Virus Barrier (v10.5.3) will not only scan files on your Mac, but will also include the iPhone in the process. And while we’re not aware some malware is developed for the iPhone or iPod Touch at this stage — which is kinda logical considering how tightly Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) controls the platform — it’s kinda fair to guess Intego will use the newly developed “iPhone compatibility” for marketing purposes.
Scaring people was never my hobby, and I never liked all those anti-malware solutions for Symbian-based smartphones. To be fair, a single virus has been developed in the near future for S60, but that wasn’t actually a big deal. That being said, I’m all against this approach. Presently, iPhone and iPod Touch are perfectly safe devices!
Anyway, Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 runs completely on your Mac (no PC version is available) and will only scan the iPhone, once it’s connected for syncing purposes.
[Via: Unwired View]
