Rubyslippers
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Hi I'm new and would like to know of I need to have virus protection on my iPad ...Thanks
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followthesapper said:Due to the nature of iOS and the sandboxing of the apps, you do not require any virus protection.
rugger said:What is sand boxing ?
Viruses and malware do not run in iOS. Only apps downloaded from iTunes, which are screened, strongly sandboxed, and signed (so the developer is known) can run on iOS – unless the user destroys security by jailbreaking. There is no need for anantivirus on iOS. There has never been a virus in iOS.The only security problem left is that caused by the web browser. Still –even with this – viruses can’t be installed in iOS.
followthesapper said:Sandboxing is where each app runs in it's own little box and is restricted to what it has access to, for example a music player will only have access to your music files. It is why many apps cannot share files with other apps.
So yes you are right you could get a virus/malware on a Jailbroken iPad, but because the apps are sandboxed, it shouldn't be able to infect iOS.
Look at it this way, if there was a virus/malware problem in iOS then the app store would be flooded by expensive Anti Virus apps!
biobunny said:And then there's a chance of those "anti-virus" apps being trojans.
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scifan57 said:Somehow I think it would be pretty hard to slip a Trojan virus past the app store vetting process.
biobunny said:I meant if apps wouldn't be required to be sandboxed in the AppStore.
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scifan57 said:Sand boxing means that the various apps installed on your iPad work in isolation and don't interact with each other,except in very few circumstances such as listening to music when using other apps.This is why there are as yet,no known viruses that can infect a stock iPad.
scifan57 said:If you want non sandboxed apps on your iPad,then you'll have to use your jail broken one.I don't think that Apple will change it's policy on sandboxing apps anytime soon.
Thanks for sharing this knowledge, I never knew the cause.Sand boxing means that the various apps installed on your iPad work in isolation and don't interact with each other,except in very few circumstances such as listening to music when using other apps.This is why there are as yet,no known viruses that can infect a stock iPad.