vShareapp is a 3rd-party iOS and Android appstore that allows download and installation of apps un-available on the official app stores. vShare is 100% free to download and use and comes without any restrictions or subscriptions commitments.
You can install vShare on your personal computer using the helper app. vShare Helper is a Windows-only program used to assist users in downloading and installing the vShare app. The full ( PC Tutorial ) for download is given in the link.
As of January 2017, a "patch" for the PC and a hidden update for the iOS version now implement backdoors into your systems, allowing a hacker to see inside your device or even take control of it. It use to be a nifty tool that i use to use, but i learnt the hard way. My iPod doesn't work anymore because someone used a brute-force attack on my passcode and failed, causing my iPod to be disabled for +24,000,000 minutes.
vShare is an "alternative" app store for iOS. It works by having the user install an enterprise profile and certificate on their device that will allow apps that are not Apple-approved to be installed. Normally enterprise profiles exist so businesses can install company-specific apps in iOS. vShare abuses this capability to bypass Apple's approval process, which essentially means it is a source for malware.
It was never a good idea to use apps that have not been approved by Apple just on general principles; now there's clear evidence that it can corrupt your device and compromise your private data. The hidden update referenced was to the vShare profile that is required to use vShare apps.
To protect against viruses Apple has a very tightly controlled operating and app approval system. Installing anything outside of that system opens the door to viruses. Starting Monday the change the date loophole that vshare exploits gets closed. If you haven't installed it be smart and save yourself a headache and don't do it.
I am so naive! I'm just learning what jailbreak and unjailbreak mean. I'm changing my question to delete "virus" and ask if my iPad security has been compromised. My problem started when I hit the download vshare unjailbreak icon from a website. I thought it would send me to the App Store! After a little research, I now know vshare is for acquiring non-Apple sanctioned apps and old apps that can download pirated music etc. I see on this forum that vshare questions do not really get answered. I understand if no one replies since it looks like I was trying to scam
It wasn't purchased. I hit the icon, it asked if I wanted to download. I hit download then panicked when I saw the app on my iPad and knew I hadn't signed iin with my apple ID and password. I deleted immediately. I switched all of my products to apple because they're user friendly, compatible with each other and, most importantly, to avoid viruses and security breaches etc. I and am still learning. Has my own naivety compromised my data, iCloud etc?
If so, your device may have been compromised, and deleting the app may not be sufficient to remove the effects. Any time you install something not from the App Store, there is a risk that that is malware. The only known iOS malware relies on methods like these, or requires the phone to be jailbroken in the first place. I cannot say whether the app you downloaded actually is malicious or not.
But vShare has figured out how to get around that, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint and several other researchers contacted by CNNMoney. Proofpoint researchers gave CNNMoney an exclusive look at research that it will release on Wednesday.
It's unclear how many times pirated copies of games like "Minecraft: Pocket Edition" or "Geometry Dash" have been illegally downloaded. But those apps have been "liked" by downloaders more than 1.4 million times. On Apple's app store, Minecraft sells for $6.99, and Geometry Dash costs $1.99.
"It's not exactly like an Apple website, but it looks and feels like a reasonably professionally produced app store," said Proofpoint research executive Ryan Kalember. "It's like those Apple Stores that opened in China that look exactly like Apple Stores -- but aren't."
On its site, vShare claims: "We respect intelligent property and devote to protect the right of authors. If you consider your right has been violated, please contact us by providing related documents. We'll remove such contents immediately."
The website claims it's been in operation since 2011 and states its business depends entirely on "the trust of our users," but the site gives no information about its operators or where it's located.
On Tuesday night, CNNMoney was still able to download the vShare app onto an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.4, but the app was unable to install, indicating that Apple might have already revoked at least one of its certificates.
That's puts Apple (AAPL) in the position of playing whack-a-mole, Kalember noted. Instead, Apple would be better off ditching its current model and forcing all corporate app makers to stick to its well-guarded App Store and demand employee logins, he said.
Claud Xiao, a security researcher with Palo Alto Networks who investigated vShare last year, said most apps on vShare are straight copies -- not malware. But the vShare apps are not scanned for malicious content in the way that Apple carefully scans its apps' code. There's nothing Apple can do to prevent apps outside its app store from infecting your iPhone.
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Part 1 - Apparently a teacher has discovered that some savvy 7th and 8th grade students have managed to figure out that when a new App is pushed via Self Service, the App Store appears temporarily and then goes away. While the App Store is temporarily there, the students are messaging each other to let each other know and then have gotten away with installing Netflix and a couple of games. When pressed they admitted to the teacher their method for installing these unauthorized apps.
We have been having problems with this as well. Specifically, students are "gaming" the Self Service Portal to get it stuck open or open long enough to grab Apps from the legitimate App Store. We also have kids installing things like HiPStore and vShare which allow them access to illegitimate App Stores that have nothing to do with Apple.
Unfortunately, there is no way to remove these Apps remotely, as they are not "managed" by Casper. The only way to remove the Apps is to delete them from the device by "touching the glass," which is Apple's sexified term for doing it by hand.
The idea I found on this forum was to place all "approved" Apps in the App Catalog in some way, whether or not you make them available through scoping. This allows you to have a list of Apps that are considered to be "okay" to have. For instance, iTunes U and Find My Friends, along with some other benign Apps that we aren't actually providing in Self Service, were added to our App Catalog so they aren't flagged by what we do next.
Next up, we create a smart group where we match on the search option "Apps Not In the App Catalog Are Installed" and have that set to "True". We also constrain it down so that only student iPads are matched.
To this smart group, we scope a separate, very heavy restrictions profile (mobile devices > configuration profiles > new > restrictions). Basically the only thing we have checked is the ability to remove Apps, since we want the end user to have a way out of their predicament. The real kicker here is going to "Media Content" and setting Apps to "Don't Allow Apps", and also disabling Safari under "Applications". As you might imagine, an iPad isn't much fun without a browser or Apps. The users can still remove the Apps under Settings > General > Usage / iCloud Storage and Usage > Manage. After their device checks in again, they get the heavy restrictions profile removed since they fall out of the smart group.
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