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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1949372" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>You are in the U.S., so there is only one source for software for the iPhone: the Mac App Store. For software to be allowed into the Mac App Store, it must be thoroughly vetted by Apple for, among other things, malware. That being the case, there is no vector for malware to get into your iPhone.</p><p></p><p>You can get what amounts to a malicious ad that arrives via text, e-mail or a poisoned Web site, but if that were the case, it would be purely a social engineering exercise. None of those would or could have left anything malicious on your iPhone.</p><p></p><p>As far as a program that can scan for malware on your iPhone. No matter what any program says, there is no such thing as an anti-virus scanner for the iPhone. How do I know this? Because apps are sandboxed on the iPhone for security purposes. That means that no app can access another app or the operating system. So, no app can "scan" your iPhone for anything. In other words: ***It is IMPOSSIBLE to create an anti-virus scanner for the iPhone***. Anything that you see advertised as an anti-virus or anti-malware program for the iPhone is a scam.</p><p></p><p>Your bank account wasn't "compromised" unless you volitionally gave account information to some bad guys. Just responding to a text wouldn't give them any information that they could use to access your bank account unless you TOLD THEM your account number and gave them the information that they need to access that account in your text message reply to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1949372, member: 190607"] You are in the U.S., so there is only one source for software for the iPhone: the Mac App Store. For software to be allowed into the Mac App Store, it must be thoroughly vetted by Apple for, among other things, malware. That being the case, there is no vector for malware to get into your iPhone. You can get what amounts to a malicious ad that arrives via text, e-mail or a poisoned Web site, but if that were the case, it would be purely a social engineering exercise. None of those would or could have left anything malicious on your iPhone. As far as a program that can scan for malware on your iPhone. No matter what any program says, there is no such thing as an anti-virus scanner for the iPhone. How do I know this? Because apps are sandboxed on the iPhone for security purposes. That means that no app can access another app or the operating system. So, no app can "scan" your iPhone for anything. In other words: ***It is IMPOSSIBLE to create an anti-virus scanner for the iPhone***. Anything that you see advertised as an anti-virus or anti-malware program for the iPhone is a scam. Your bank account wasn't "compromised" unless you volitionally gave account information to some bad guys. Just responding to a text wouldn't give them any information that they could use to access your bank account unless you TOLD THEM your account number and gave them the information that they need to access that account in your text message reply to them. [/QUOTE]
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