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Malware for iPhones definitely exists, both in theory and in reality.
There have been examples of malware found in the wild. I think Tom
already posted to this list though, that it's rare. The examples I've
heard of where apps containing malware have snuck through the app
vetting process at Apple were weeded out pretty quickly once the malware
was discovered. Between Apple's vetting process before apps are allowed
in the App Store, and Apple's sandboxing of apps running on an iPhone,
malware on an iPhone is going to be pretty rare. I personally wouldn't
bother with any anti-malware software on an iPhone. Furthermore, Apple
has never published the API's anti-virus software applications need to
monitor for and remove viruses, so even if you ran any anti-malware
software on your iPhone there's only so much it could do to detect and
cleanup any malware.
I hope I'm remembering correctly that Tom already posted some of this
information to the list. It's hard since the message being responded to
isn't included below, but I want to give credit where credit is due.
On 12/19/2014 06:35 AM, Jeff Kennyon wrote:
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>> I have heard things in passing about malware and things like that causing problems and Apple devices but it's mainly been PC. I haven't heard much about anything involving Apple but I'm not saying it doesn't exist.
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