McAfee’s anti virus solution for the iPhone, called Stinger, would be the first of the of it’s kind. A version of it was leaked to the public recently, and the official statement from McAfee is that the software is a proof of concept and is not ready for the public to use yet. that is very clear when you consider the application was not built with the SDK, and would have to be written by again for use on iPhones using the SDK.

Though McAfee has not announced any plans to follow through and actually get that software out the door, they are pleased with the reaction they have gotten from the iPhone community. All that means that contrary to earlier reports that said that software could be malicious, it seems that is not the case. Either way, be

careful, as leaked software has a tendency to become infested with malware.

To some, it may seem that it is not essential to have anti virus on the iPhone, or mobile phones in general for that matter. that is not true, the iPhone firmware 1.1.1 was jailbroken and subsequently unlocked thanks to an exploit, that with anti virus software may not have worked. While that was a case where the exploit was good, it could have just the same been used to execute malicious cipher. With mobile phones becoming more and more advanced, you will surely be seeing more of that type of software.

[Via WinAndMac]

Original post by Chase Higgins

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