Can an iPad have malware that gets passed to a computer?

No worries. There are no reports of this ever happening of which I am aware, it is unlikely enough never to worry about.

There are no known viruses or malware on iPads, however, if you jailbreak you could get them.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

heatherfrombroadbeach wrote:

I am told an iPad can't get a virus or malware. I am a little worried that next time I backup the iPad with the computer that my computer might get infected.

Is this at all possible?

Anything is possible, but the fact that the iPad cannot run Java or Flash or other potential vectors for malware intrusion, and that every app it runs is downloaded from Apple, as well as other iOS features that protect itself from modification, makes it extremely unlikely it can be corrupted by malware.

If you have a Windows PC it requires its own malware protection. It can intrude from a number of sources but the iPad should be the least of your concerns.

Not likely. You would need to physically open that same email on your PC, as otherwise the virus is still contained on the iPads email App if there was any virus. simply deleting the email should take care of it, as there's no way the virus would get executed when you sync.