Be Careful With iPhone Wallpaper
Any iPhone wallpapers not coming from Apple or from AT&T should be viewed with a certain amount of suspicion. On the one hand it's not fair - you pay a few hundred dollars for a phone and it doesn't come with the iPhone wallpaper you want - but this is the safest way to keep cyber criminals out of your business and your personal information. One way they can steal your personal data is through free iPhone wallpaper that hides malware (malicious software).
What Is Malware?
Malware is a very broad classification of any kind of software that negatively affects your computer, PDA or cell phone that has internet access (like an iPhone). Malware includes viruses, spyware, rootkits, Trojan horses, keyloggers and adware. Sometimes all malware does is slow your computer, PDA or iPhone down - other times it breaks into your personal data and sends information like your passwords and account numbers back to its creator.
You don't want any part of malware. And, according to Internet security experts McAfee, cyber criminals are purposefully concentrating on penetrating mobile devices like iPhones rather than computers. One of the way that malware can get onto your iPhone is for you to be tricked into downloading a free iPhone wallpaper.
Say No To Pop-Ups
Another place cyber criminals like to plant "free" iPhone wallpaper, ringtones or other goodies only to plant malware into your iPhone is with pop-up ads. These can come in a couple of ways. Usually, when you click onto a web site, your browser suddenly opens up an additional window in order to show you an ad (such as for free iPhone wallpaper). Get rid of those ads as soon as possible and DON'T click on any links they include.
Many computer security packages now come with a pop-up blocker as a standard feature. You should be able to manually turn the pop-up blocker off if you need to actually use the browser window that suddenly opens (such as to add a link in for your blog in Blogger). Those pop-up windows are not to sell stuff - you can safely use them.
In order to be sure that you are safe from any kind of malware, you need to have the latest versions of:
an anti-virus program
an anti-spyware program
a firewall
a spam filter for your email
a pop-up blocker
the most recent updates of your OS (like Windows, Linux or Macintosh)
the most recent updates of your music playing software
