Iphone Antivirus

[davidanthony]

Any recommendations for FREE - and I don't mean free trial for 1 month then pay, antivirus package for an iPhone 5S

[Sycamore3House]

You don't need antivirus for iPhones.

"Despite the security threats mentioned above, you don't need anti-virus software for the iPad and iPhone - not that there is any anti-virus software available for the device. iOS is designed and built to only accept and install software that has been approved by Apple and run through the App Store.22 Sep 2015
iPhone & iPad security: Why the iOS app XcodeGhost exploit shouldn't ..."
www.macworld.co.uk › feature › iosapps

[davidanthony]

I did indeed receive a message from google to say that I had 28% of my phone system infected due to recent views and that unless I removed these virus there is a chance of loosing all data etc - so obviously worried !!

[Fitzer]

You almost certainly received a fake message purporting to come from Google. I have had iPhones and iPads for years with no anti virus software and no viruses

[sunny-dave]

Completely unnecessary - unless you deliberately remove Apple's security systems and open up your iphone to unverified apps.

As long as you only use apps from the App Store you are fine.

[davidanthony]

Many thanks
Understand about downloading Apple apps being protected, but what about other internet content available via google etc, which can ell be infected, doesn't this need ' scanning' as on a desktop / laptop now and again??

[Sycamore3House]

If you use Google apps from the App Store or pre loaded ones the answers above apply.

[Buenchico]

Windows computers have the dreaded 'registry', which links all of a PC's programs together. So if something nasty can get in via one dodgy program it can infect the entire machine.

iPhones (and, indeed, Android phones) don't have a registry and they 'sand box' their apps, so that they operate entirely independently of each other. That makes them vastly more secure than Windows PCs.

[ichkeria]

... and a lot less functional of course :-)
Guess it depends what you want to use them for.
But safe, comparatively, they certainly are.

[davidanthony]

Many thanks, seems that I have no problem. Cheers and Beers