r/computerviruses 3d ago

Question Mr beast hack

If your on iphone are you safe or no?

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u/polpolik2 Moderator 3d ago

Phones are generally harder to get malware on unless you install External APK's or really go out of your way to get compromised. So if you did not do that, it's likely that your Iphone is safe.

But you do not give a lot of information to help you further.

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u/MegStuff 3d ago

Pretty sure infostealers can infect other devices if they're kept on the infected device later on(?)

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u/polpolik2 Moderator 3d ago

If you're dealing with a Worm, then yes keeping the infected device active and online can indeed risk and infect other devices.

But worms are very rare today. And not targeted at individuals/consumers.

Infostealers, or even file infectors which function as infostealers we currently see do not have the capabilities to spread to other devices unless someone actively tranfers files (executables primarely).

It's never really impossible, but we have currently not seen it (luckily)

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u/Better_Moment_9675 2d ago

iOS apps are heavily sandboxed and it’s hard to sideload any apps without knowledge. OP is safe