Can iPhone be infected by a Zeus Trojan virus

Can iPhone be infected by the Zeus Trojan virus

iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 16, 2014 12:22 PM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2015 10:16 AM

If somebody has an email or other file with the attached infection file, they can carry it around on their iDevice. But no, a Windows virus cannot infect an iOS device - the viral code cannot execute at all. To be infected, a device must be actively executing the viral code.

http://www.secureworks.com/cyber-threat-intelligence/threats/zeus/

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Oct 5, 2015 10:16 AM in response to En19maX

If somebody has an email or other file with the attached infection file, they can carry it around on their iDevice. But no, a Windows virus cannot infect an iOS device - the viral code cannot execute at all. To be infected, a device must be actively executing the viral code.

http://www.secureworks.com/cyber-threat-intelligence/threats/zeus/

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