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That AV app (& other AV apps on iOS) is purely for scanning for Windows & Mac malware, in case e.g. you have an email attachment on the iPad which could infect a PC. It's not for iOS viruses because there are not any (known) iOS viruses.
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I think there's one already, called Wonga.
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You can only download apps from the app store which apple have already checked. If an app in the future ever managed to slip through the process apple can remotely remove it from every iOS device.
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Historically Macs had fewer viruses because creating a Mac virus would have had a much lower impact (far fewer users).
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OSX isn't a sandbox, so you can install Apps or Trojans from anywhere.
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Wow I didn't know they could do that
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I think that Google has done it before, due to a malware issue.
EDIT: Yes it has - http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/06/g...-of-malicious/ |
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I think that Google has done it before, due to a malware issue.
EDIT: Yes it has - http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/06/g...-of-malicious/ |
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Yeah, apparently Google can too with Android... Neither company has actually done it though AFAIK.
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