Hello , just joined the community.... need some advice on free and reliable antivirus software for my ipod5. Hope to hear from you soon:-)
iPod touch, iOS 6
It is impossible for an Ipod touch to get a virus, unless it is jailbroken. And there are no antivirus apps because if there were they wouldnt be needed.
Furthermore, all apps that go on the App store are thouroughly scanned for viruses so there are no apps that are official that can harm your ipod, and if there were antiviruses they`d only be able to scan themselves. By the way, who exactly is jessica, when you said in the question "Thank you Jessica"
Although I would never use the word "impossible," there is currently no known malware capable of infecting an iPod Touch, unless it has been jailbroken (ie, hacked to allow apps downloaded from somewhere other than the App Store). There are some anti-virus apps on the App Store, but don't waste your money on any of them... there's nothing for them to find, and they can only scan things external to your iPod anyway, such as e-mail or Dropbox.
Also, note that I would caution you not to believe that all App Store apps are 100% safe, as Jackslayer has implied. Certainly they have been vetted by Apple, and no real malware has ever made it into the App Store. And all apps are sandboxed, limiting what a malicious app could do even if it did make it into the App Store. Still, exercise caution and common sense... if an app requests access to data that you don't think it should, or that you don't want to trust it with, deny the request.
Hello, I have just gotten a iPOD touch, newbie to this gadget... Would you be able to advise on any free reliable antivirus software which I can download on the ipodtouch? thank you jessica
