
Hey guys lately there have been many viruses for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The first ones were only to jailbroken devices, but now the newest one is for both jailbroken and unjailbroken. Nicolas Seriot discovered lately that jailbroken iPhones and iPods are more vulnerable to the virus because you can not change the username or password. For all devices the default username and password are username=root and password=alpine. These are used to use VNC and SSH. But if you are jailbroken you can download Mobile Terminal and use the following instructions to change the password. Also if you install iFile or a SSH client you can change your username.
Change username instructions:
1. Open up iFile or SSH into your iPod/iPhone
2. Go all the way back to /
3. Go into the “etc” folder
4. Scroll down till you find “master.passwd” and open it as a text file
5. Look at the left side of the text and scroll down untill you see “root:(code here):0:0::0:0:System”
6. Now change ONLY THE WORD “root” (this will be your new username so pick good and also it is CAsE SensITivE
7. Now your done congrats DO NOT LOSE THIS PASSWORD OR ELSE YOU CANT USE VNC OR SSH!!
Change password instructions:
1. Open up Mobile Terminal
2. Type login and click enter
3. Type in your username (default is “root”) and click enter
4. Type alpine and click enter
5. Type passwd and click enter
6. Type in your new password and click enter
7. Re-enter your password and click enter
8. Now you are done!!!
Please tell me if you have any issues with this. Also make note of your new username and password so that you dont lose it and cant SSH or use VNC.
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