Should virus/malware protection be added to iPhone?

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Should virus/malware protection be added to iPhone?

Should antivirus/malware protection app be added to my iPhone?

iPhone XS

Posted on Aug 31, 2019 2:16 PM

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Kurt Lang

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Aug 31, 2019 2:18 PM in response to JAB_ip4me

No. There are no viruses in either macOS or iOS. There's nothing to find. All AV software is useless, particularly in an iPhone or iPad. Being a sandboxed OS, the only place such software could even look for malware would be within itself.

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Kurt Lang

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Aug 31, 2019 5:02 PM in response to JAB_ip4me

That is a very common scam that you will see on any device and under any OS. There is no software in the world that can see what's on a remote computer through a web browser. Simply close any such web page or popup. Similarly, delete any message or email making any such claim.

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JAB_ip4me Author

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Aug 31, 2019 3:09 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Thank you Kurt for addressing my concern, it was due to a sudden/seemingly suspicious pop up message I received on my iPhone from Google stating my phone was infected with 28-30 viruses and directing me to take preventive measures by tapping on a link to get to a website to address the problem. Of course I found this suspicious since to my knowledge apple products (iOS) have their own built in security/protection. Since I’m new to iPhone I thought I’d run this by the Apple products user community for advice.

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Should virus/malware protection be added to iPhone?

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