With all the hacking of the iPod Touch and iPhone going on you have to wonder what all those third party apps are doing to your device. Yes, it is possible for a app installed from a non trusted source to hack into your devices system folders and ruin some important files.

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These apps could also release a potentially dangerous virus that once plugged into your computer could infect it and its system folders, attaching itself to your emails and potentially ruin yours and others comps. All of this could even happen without you having a clue.

So be sure when you are downloading 3rd party apps from installer.app make sure you trust the source and only download the ones that you do trust. This is most likely not be a problem when Apple releases its own way to put more apps on your device. So until February make sure you know and trust what you are downloading.

iPhone Virus Outbreak in the Future ‘Likely’
[Via iPhone World]