Does the IPAD need a antivirus & firewall program?

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Does the IPAD need a antivirus & firewall program?

I just purchased a new 32g G yesterday and need to know if I need AV & Firewall protection. I called McAfee that I use on my pc but They only sell a family protection pkg that doesn't provide av or firewall protection

ipad 32G G, iOS 4

Posted on Jul 31, 2010 7:40 AM

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Tamara

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Jul 31, 2010 7:54 AM in response to jwl22456

No, you don't. The iPad doesn't suffer from the malware and virus problems that Windows does.

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nuApple

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Jul 31, 2010 9:12 AM in response to jwl22456

Tamara is right. Here's a thread with the same discussion of this topic:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2519980

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