Malicious Link Texted to Mac and iOS Devices Can Cause Freezes and Resprings Updated

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It’s best not to send the link to friends, because it can cause the sending device to freeze up and crash as well. If your device is affected, quit the Messages app on Mac or iOS, open it back up, and immediately delete the entire message thread.

On Mac, you’ll need to swipe right on the trackpad or right click on to the person’s name to delete the conversation, while on iOS, you’ll need to swipe to the right on a person’s name to bring up the coque samsung personalisable delete option.

Blocking the domain using Parental Restrictions may prevent the link from affecting your iOS devices.

Update: Apple appears to have addressed the bug in iOS 11.2.5 beta 6, and Github has removed the offending webpage. coque autres huawei Following by a URL containing similar junk. coque iphone 5 The content causes most software (capable of displaying Unicode, of course) to slow down a lot.

Pretty juvenile. But iOS Mobile Safari and Messages shouldn crash in the face of this. This may indicate a more serious bug somewhere in Apple Unicode rendering engine.

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