How could I tell if my iPhone 4s has been jailbroken?

Hello everyone!
I'm sorry if this may sound extremely stupid, but I'm not very good with the whole Apple hardware, and what makes it tick.
I had read something about jailbroken iPhones and hacking viruses, and just before I had read that, I had encountered someone on Tumblr (through Safari, not the Tumblr application, if there is one...I don't personally have an account, but I browse the site) who had suffered some kind of hacking virus.
I panicked a little, wondering if there was a possibility the virus from their blog could effect my iPhone, and a few searches on Safari later, I then panicked about whether my iPhone could possibly be jailbroken.
I'm not looking for any websites to check whether the phone is jailbroken or not, (it probably isn't), and I'm not looking to jailbreak it, but I've recieved so much help from these communities I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask this silly question.
I've heard a lot about the whole loading screen (when you first turn the phone on and the apple logo with the little crease through the apple shows up) being different, etc, and a whole slew of others.
Everything looks normal....the loading screen is black with the apple logo and crack/crease/curved line...whatever you wish to call it, but it won't stop me from being paranoid, haha.
Could anyone help? Just how could I tell without downloading or messing with anything on my phone or computer?

If it's your iPhone and you've not jailbroken it, why would you be concerned that it might be jailbroken?
Did you purchase it from Apple or another reseller?  OR from some average joe on the street, ebay, or craigslist?
The only way to jailbreak a device is to physically get your hands on it.

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