Do apple devices get viruses?

Your iPhone can get a virus just like your mac. You just don't see the virus work on the I phone. Take a JavaScript redirector for instance: if you go to a site on your iPhone that infects safari then when you try and load the target site the phone will take a much longer time to load that site. The virus actually works in the background but because of safari double checking you will only notice a slow loading time of that web page.

Your mac computer can get the same JavaScript redirector virus and when you hit the target site the virus content will actually load into the visible portion of the browser.

To avoid a JavaScript redirector it is best to have a professional clean your mac.

Fortunately, you posted this to a discussion that's coming up on four years old, so nobody else is likely to read it.

Note that this posting is in the MacBook Air Forum, so I don't know why you are replying to the OP about an iPhone "virus"?

Viruses spread by themselves without requiring any user interaction, so what you are describing would be more accurately described as javascript malware, if it were somehow able to modify something on the OP's MBA (or an iPhone).

JavaScript redirects are a fact of life. I'd go so far as to say the majority of commercial web sites use them for perfectly legitimate reasons. But you are correct that some are designed to take you someplace you don't really want to be, usually because they subscribe to an advertisement provider that serves up Malvertisements occasionally. But the malware is on the web site, not on the Mac (or iPhone) so there's really nothing that needs to be cleaned from them.

Perhaps you are referring to the FBI or Tech Support scams that have been appearing frequently over the past couple of years. Those are easily fixed with no professional "cleaning" required. See Scam Web Pages on iPhones: How to Get Rid of Them.

I check over a dozen sites that deal with macOS/OS X/iOS security every day and participate in multiple such Forums and can say without equivocation, there is no currently known javascript malware that can impact macOS/OS X/iOS or it's applications, nor am I able to locate any evidence that there ever has been. However, I'll be the first to admit that such a thing is possible nor would I be surprised to see something appear in the future.

If you can site a specific vulnerability that has been publicized (preferably the CVE number), please provide us with a link. Otherwise all you are doing is spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) about such matters, which doesn't help anybody.

There are viruses for OS X but they aren't important in most of cases. Also, if you have Snow Leopard or later, you can be sure your Mac is protected: new OS X security features keep your Mac protected, but if you are worried, you don't lose anything installing an antivirus like ClamXav or Sophos. Give them a try and see if you have any virus, although I doubt it.

Also, read > http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg

The short answer is NO........ I lost all my hair and bags under my eyes fixing infected Win computers for 15 years....... As a total MAC addict now, I can say :

1. im happier

2. less stressed

3. dont have to mud wrestle with my hardware or applications.

Ive actually seen people who HAVE TO work on 'computers' all day long look at my and shed a tear saying/asking--- "is it true, i dont have to worry about Virus and random crashing anymore if i get a MAC? " ...... lol,.......its like a spiritual conversion or something when it happens😁

I think that user isn't as experienced as other users, because other users would tell you that there are viruses.

OS X is protected so you shouldn't worry about them. However, if you are worried, install ClamXav or Sophos and run a scan

Im the KING of worry warts, .......but of my 4 MACS,........nope, not worried ONE bit, nor should I be. Same for you as well.

Mac or Windows, however, ....there are only 3 diff. Harddrive MFG. (though your AIR uses solid state drive) , .....they all fail....backup your data religiously, not for worry of any VIRUS, but for sake of the 'nature of the beast', that being HD storage (HD or SSD either one) can eventually fail/ crash......

Should you worry about any Virus? ......NO

There are NO viruses in the wild that affect Mac OS X at this time.

If this changes, this post will be updated. According to noted computer virus expert Paul Ducklin, in order for a virus to be considered in the wild, "it must be spreading as a result of normal day-to-day operations on and between the computers of unsuspecting users." This definition excludes "proof of concept" code that is used in a testing situation under strictly controlled conditions, and which poses zero threat to average computer users.

In the past, there have been a few viruses that ran on older versions of the Mac operating system (Mac OS 9 and earlier), but they do not run on any version of Mac OS X. Like every other OS, Mac OS X is not immune to malware threats, this situation could change at any time, but if a new virus is discovered, the news media, forums, blogs, etc. will be instantly buzzing with the news.

Protect your Mac:

Install all System, Applications and Security updates released by Apple.

For more on this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11432

Virus?

From an expert on theese matters:

http://www.reedcorner.net/mmg-antivirus/

Best.

Anna Dominik wrote:

so you mean ..i shouldn't worry about them..?

This article should help you understand "There are no Mac viruses".

Anna Dominik wrote:

why can't i open a document that was typed using my mac into a windows pc

What application did you use to create the document?

Anna Dominik wrote:

i used TextEdit on my mac...but i was unable to open it on my windows 7 PC

Just make certain that it was saved with a .txt file name extension and it should work just fine.