Is this a virus or something?

I just received a text message from a weird number and the time stamp on the text was Dec 31 1969...the message was blank? I am not sure what this is..has anyone else received this and is it something I need to worry about???

{quote:title=Andy :] wrote:}{quote}
You don't need to worry. No virus existed on the iPhone. Period.
Regards
Andy
While the issue from the original poster I fully believe has zero to do with anything malicious, I just had to respond to the claim of this post.
Take a look at this list of fixes in the last update
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Nov/msg00003.html
A huge majority of fixes were to stop remote execution (stuff that will make your phone do stuff without your knowledge including using your data, reading your data, etc.
So many feel that Mac OX, Linux, iPhones, Droids, etc are free from hacks, and honestly they are WAY off. Most hacker conferences/contests, the first ones to fall are usually based off of WebKit and in that list you can see it still is a major issue with the iPhone allowing remote execution (the worse case of hacking).
While NO OS is safe, the basic rules apply, watch where you browse, never do anything important on open WiFI, and lock your phone the when not in use.

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