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Title: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: Yanto.Chiang on February 20, 2015, 12:26:55 PM

Dear Avaster,

I am still curious with ios security until today, do they need protection by antivirus?
And if need protection, do you have any reference what is the near good protection for ios?

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: Tia on February 21, 2015, 09:03:13 AM

Only if its jailbroken, otherwise don't bother.

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: Eddy on February 21, 2015, 02:40:29 PM

Malware can be written for every OS, so yes you will need protection.

Some information:
https://blog.avast.com/tag/ios/

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: Yanto.Chiang on February 22, 2015, 02:36:41 PM

Quote from: Eddy on February 21, 2015, 02:40:29 PM

Malware can be written for every OS, so yes you will need protection.

Some information:
https://blog.avast.com/tag/ios/

Hi Eddy,

Thank you for your respond and long time not exist in this forum.

How are you doing?

Actually, i found in some blogs which discuss about anti-virus to protect iOS and got some recommendation such as virus barrier, trend micro & avira. Those antivirus that seem recommended, but to be frank i am still curious which one have a good protection since avast doesn't have anti-virus for iOS recently.

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: Yanto.Chiang on February 22, 2015, 02:38:03 PM

Quote from: Tia on February 21, 2015, 09:03:13 AM

Only if its jailbroken, otherwise don't bother.

Hi Tia,

I believe that too, but it can't be guarantee when we are visiting either legal or illegal website.
 

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: rysan on February 27, 2015, 10:19:14 AM

Every system can be compromised ;) There are also external threats to be addressed. But generally speaking, iOS is safer than other popular platforms.

There will be an announcement on http://www.mobileworldcongress.com (http://www.mobileworldcongress.com) in Barcelona next week and more apps are coming this year. I cannot reveal more right now...

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: rysan on March 03, 2015, 08:05:43 AM

Good morning,
as iOS is quite safe (if you don't have it jailbroken), Wi-Fi's are not. That's why we are currently focusing on securing the communication and protecting users' data. That means scanning Wi-Fi routers for vulnerabilities and providing secure VPN connection.

For more information please see
Avast study exposes global Wi-Fi browsing activity (https://blog.avast.com/2015/03/02/avast-study-exposes-global-wi-fi-browsing-activity/)
New Avast SecureMe app protects iOS and Android users from Wi-Fi Hacking (https://blog.avast.com/2015/03/02/new-avast-secureme-app-protects-ios-and-android-users-from-wi-fi-hacking/)

Title: Re: Does iphone need to protection with Antivirus?
Post by: Eddy on March 03, 2015, 08:19:02 AM

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I cannot reveal more right now...

Yes, you could have revealed more but you didn't/where not allowed to ;D

Anyway,
fact is that every device (especially the ones that connect to other devices and such) need to be protected.
Protection is not just about the OS, but also about applications, data transfer (connection) and such.

Do you need locks on the doors/windows in your house?
No you don't, but unfortunately there are people who don't respect your properties. >:(
Better safe than sorry  ;)