Online Security

[RandomGuy7]

So I like being safe online and would like to know if there are any one time only free virus / malware scanners (that delete) the issues from your iPhone. One without an app needing to be downloaded and I can just delete and account I make. Any suggestions???

[Kilrah]

-> Moved to Phones and Tablets

 

iOS apps cannot access anything outside of their sandbox so the usual concept of an antivirus we have on PCs can't exist. 

[Dedayog]

37 minutes ago, RandomChild said:

So I like being safe online and would like to know if there are any one time only free virus / malware scanners (that delete) the issues from your iPhone. One without an app needing to be downloaded and I can just delete and account I make. Any suggestions???

This looks 100% like you need a way to hide what you're doing from your parents and can't download an app without them knowing

 

 

[Commodus]

I believe there should be web-based scans (be sure only to use well-known companies for this!), but it's true that antivirus apps on iOS are somewhat limited due to Apple's policies. Paradoxically, the very things reducing the chances of getting malware are also the things that prevent you from checking for it.

 

(I still laugh at how antivirus makers asked Apple to weaken its security so they could fill the gap.)

[Kilrah]

Hey it's Apple, you can trust them their App Store walled garden is free of any kind of malware... except when it isn't, and it's too much trouble warning people about it doing so would erode that belief...