First the MTV awards, now the iPhone... what's next for Rick Astley? World domination?
Cheshire born and bred crooner Rick Astley has been (unintentionally we assume) laying siege to headlines all over the world today, after becoming 'the face' of the first ever worm to infect Apple's iPhone.
Still Rick-rolling along
Astley, known for his numerous SAW hits and 80s power-quiffing, has begun popping up on the device in Australia thanks to a program known as ikee.
Ikee apparently infects 'jail-broken' phones, those that have been tampered with to remove Apple's factory protection, and changes the screen wallpaper to a picture of Astley at the height of his pomp.
A message noting 'ikee is never going to give you up' also appears on screen.
Apart from the fact that your new wallpaper might get you widely ridiculed, the program is said to be harmless.
So far ikee has only appeared in Australia, where hacker Ashley Towns has admitted to writing the program to raise the issue of security on hacked devices.
It can be removed by deleting certain files and changing the phone's password.
Experts are now claiming that more harmful worms could follow in ikee's footsteps... one that changes your ring tone to a Big Fun ditty, perhaps?
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