Comments on: Patchulous is a virus

By: Beginsa

Beginsa — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:47:17 +0000

I installed it, found no issues, uninstalled it, still no issues, doing a complete reinstall/ new Jbreak, just in case. I also have a ITouch, not Iphone, i know for a fact that it does not do what its supposed to , Which was patch “BlueSkies”

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:04:18 +0000

hello James

It is a pretty good idea. What do you mean by “rotating system”? I think it would require a lot of work from all of us to make it work. Please tell me what you have in mind.

Sebastien

By: James

James — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:48:56 +0000

Thanks Sebastian for the explanation. It is always nice to learn something new. Maybe we should have a rating system done on this site for all the apps that are on Cydia. This way, users can check first before download.

By: Don’t install Patchulous !!! | The iPhone

Don’t install Patchulous !!! | The iPhone — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:01:59 +0000

[...] to the iphonedownloadblog.com patchulous shown virus like behaviour. I would not install this app until we know more about it. [...]

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:13:39 +0000

@James – Cydia apps are hosted by various sources (like BigBoss, Mod My Iphone, etc…). While most of these repositories are controlled and checked, some most likely do not check what apps they allow on their servers. Patchulous came from the Hackulo.us repo, which means they do not check what app they add to their repo.

Cydia comes with pre-installed sources (bigboss, MMI, etc…) and those are pretty trust worthy sources. However, the problem comes when you start adding sources (like Hackulo.us).

The lesson we have to learn here is that you should not trust every app that you see on Cydia.

By: Asterix

Asterix — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:37 +0000

Same happened with me … First it erased all my apps, and now whenever I try to install those again (from Appstore/Cydia/Installer), the apps start getting installed and immediately get lost in nowhere once installation is completed. Guess, will have to restore the 2g phone back!

Though, I’m not sure if this is due to Patchulous or clicking “Install all” in Installous

By: James

James — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:30:58 +0000

I am curious as to who controls what applications can be downloaded via cydia? dont they test these apps before releasing it first? not sure how all this hosting stuff works and who hosts them. can someone explain?

By: Kyle Flanagan

Kyle Flanagan — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:09:31 +0000

Thanks. I’ll consider myself warned.

By: almanzarj

almanzarj — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:31:11 +0000

yeah i installed this shit and it messed up all my apps i got from itunes…going to restore phone…i hope whoever made this….you know what i mean!

By: nick

nick — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:52:47 +0000

I installed it and everything is fine but I’m gonna uninstall it just In case