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Virus

Hi how do I protect my iPad from viruses? I keep receiving alerts that there are many viruses while using safari.

iPad Air Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 9:18 PM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2020 9:25 PM

1. You don't need to protect it against technological viruses unless it's jailbroken. Biological viruses can't affect how it works.

2. Those are scams, unless one appeared in response to manually uploading a file. If you did this, delete that file or scan it on a computer.


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Oct 3, 2020 9:25 PM in response to jozey80

1. You don't need to protect it against technological viruses unless it's jailbroken. Biological viruses can't affect how it works.

2. Those are scams, unless one appeared in response to manually uploading a file. If you did this, delete that file or scan it on a computer.


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