Can An iPhone Get A Virus? Here's The Truth!

In this video, a former Apple tech answers a hotly debated question: can an iPhone get a virus? His answer: yes!

Your iPhone can get infected with malware, software designed to damage or disable your iPhone. Viruses are a type of malware.

What can you do to prevent getting an iPhone virus? First of all, don’t jailbreak your iPhone. You’ll be exposed to many new apps that haven’t gone through Apple’s strict app review process.

Secondly, update your iphone regularly. Software updates can patch any potential cracks in Apple’s heavy armor.

Third, don’t plug your iphone into devices you don’t trust. Hackers can use these to infect your iPhone with a virus because they have access to your iPhone’s software while you’re connected to the public charger. Here’s the article we reference in the video: http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/technology/public-ports-charging-bad-stop/index.html

If you’re browsing Safari and see a pop-up that says “virus detected on iPhone”, don’t click it! Your iPhone doesn’t have a virus, but you might get one by tapping the pop-up. If this happens to you, close out of Safari and clear the cache. This article will show you how to avoid typical iPhone virus scams: https://www.payetteforward.com/virus-detected-on-an-iphone-it-is-legit-heres-the-truth/

Anti-virus apps are available in the App Store, but they aren’t a necssity. To learn more about iPhone viruses, take a look at our article called Can An iPhone Get A Virus? Here’s the Truth!

Link to our article about iPhone viruses: https://www.payetteforward.com/can-an-iphone-get-a-virus-heres-truth/

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