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Scammers are distributing e-mails designed to trick iPad owners into downloading software that they think is an iTunes update, but which turns out to be malware that opens a back door on the computer.
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04-27-2010 07:09 AM #1iPad Master!
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04-27-2010 07:31 AM #2iPad Master!
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How many iPad users want to run Windows? Maybe the techies who do it simply to prove that they can....at last there's a computer threat that doesn't worry me!
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04-27-2010 08:36 AM #3iPF Novice
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If I ran Win O/S, I wouldn't have an iPhone, iPad, or MacAir...
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04-27-2010 10:00 AM #4iPad Guru
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Really? You would just go to a site that was emailed to you that wasn't very clearly Apple
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04-27-2010 10:18 AM #5iPad Master!
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Anyone that uses links in emails to update anything on their computer deserves to learn the hard way. Anytime I get an email urging me to click on a link to update a piece of software I own, I close the email and go to the venders website and check it out. Often there is no update, and the email a scam.
Perhaps when people get burned enough times, it will help them develop some common sense. Harsh? Yes, but as adults we have to learn......Last edited by Bremen; 04-27-2010 at 10:32 AM.
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04-27-2010 10:28 AM #6iPad Master!
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The stupidity of people always amazes me. I wonder how many will be caught with this email?
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04-27-2010 11:39 AM #7iPad Ninja
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Originally Posted by figmo10
I have two windowsers in my arsenal and they both run iPods, they could run an iPhone and they WILL run an iPad. Originally Posted by Dragonrider
The question is more: "How many Windows users will join the Apple ranks after having bought an iPad?"
Do you really want to repell them?
I say welcome them with open arms...
Why do people always get binary when it comes to computers?
Not white, not black just passionate shades of grey...
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04-27-2010 01:05 PM #8iPad Noob!
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Im cross posted in the news thread. Sorry about that -
I just posted on my page to add some criticism of the way this story is presented. This is clearly a WINDOWS trojan. ipad is the phish hook used to lure in the bait. I think this is libel and Apple should go after each of the media outlets using the misleading headline to gain click revenue.
http://windowsnerd.com/2010/04/27/cr...-against-ipad/
... And this is coming from a career windows admin.
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04-28-2010 12:21 PM #9iPad Master!
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Originally Posted by windowsnerd
It is amazing how one site can come up with a misleading 'news story' and hundreds re-post it as their own.
An army of lawyers should take them all on.
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05-16-2010 10:29 AM #10iPad Enthusiast!
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Every devices here in the world are always prone on having malwares and viruses. Devices must be prepared about this matter.
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