Does iPhones really get viruses and malwares? Truth of iPhones.

iPhones do get viruses, but it's very, very extremely rare.

On Windows PCs, Android smartphones, and even the uncommon for the Mac, we're used to hearing about viruses but can iPhones get viruses? It's a terrifying question but one with many answers...

Okay, one big thing to make clear: whenever someone asks if an iPhone can get a virus and malware, they're just asking whether the iPhone's operating system, iOS, can get a virus. iOS is the program running on the hardware of the iPhone, so it would be technically the thing to get a virus.

But the simple answer, "Do iPhones get viruses?" Sure, theoretically any kind of device could be hit with a virus developed to run on it. That being said, having a virus on an iPhone is exceedingly rare. but Why? For what?

You know that how everybody – Android fanboys in especially– likes to criticize Apple for its "walled garden" approach to iOS and iPhone? This walled garden is what makes the iPhone so much safer and more secure against viruses and malware than an Android phone.

• The Design of iOS is less likely to make iPhone hacks

Yes, that's true the iPhone does not really allow as much customization through things like skins and themes as it does with Android, and it's also true that iPhones have taken a lot more time to get things like third party keyboard support. And yeah sure, all of this was because of the "walled garden" of the iPhone.

But the main thing with that walled garden is not so much a wall that prevents people from customizing their iPhone, it's basically a state-of-the-art security control center that keeps your iPhone secure against all the threats that normally regularly hit Android. And that walled garden performs outstandingly well.

And whether you are using a brand new iPhone or the iPhone 7 doesn't matter as long as you're running the current iOS version, you're good to go from a security perspective.

"Most Android threats could be largely eliminated by all users updating their handsets to the latest version of the OS. The fragmentation of Android devices through older versions is played into the hands of malware developers, so keeping your own devices up to date is important.

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"Apple hasn't similar like problems, as every iOS update quickly filters users through. After all, iOS updates are big events prompting mass upgrades, and that means significant security scares are rare enough when they occur to be big news. Of course, there are downsides to Apple's tight grip over everything that happens on its site, but it certainly makes a safer environment for casual users "– Norton antivirus.

While a few nation-states and intelligence services have infected the iPhone with a virus or other malware, such organizations have millions or billions of dollars to invest in producing something that can get through the walled garden of the iPhone. Regular hackers or virus manufacturers have neither the funding nor the advanced level of tools needed to infiltrate an iPhone. That's why they choose to turn their focus on the virus to the much less well-secured environment in Android.

• How to safeguard your iPhone from Virus

But as I said earlier, getting a virus is POSSIBLE for a non-jailbroken iPhone. It is the most common way it would happen if a hacker found a zero day vulnerability in iOS and took advantage of it to patch it before Apple knew.

And this DID happens in 2019, though Apple said the iPhone hack had been highly misunderstood by Google. This is what Project Zero at Google revealed in 2019:

"A small number of infected websites discovered earlier this year by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). The hacked websites were used, using iPhone zero-day, to indiscriminately water hole attacks against their visitors.

"There was also no target prejudice; just visiting the hacked website was enough to exploit the server to attack your devices, and install a monitoring implant if it was successful. They estimate that millions of visitors are accessing these websites per week.

"TAG has been able to collect five different, complete, and exclusive iPhone exploit chains, covering nearly every version from iOS 10 to the new iOS 12.

But, very fast, Apple patched 0-days. This is why the #1 thing you need to do if you want to protect your iPhone from viruses is to keep your iOS operating systems up to date. A turn on auto-updates is the easiest way to do this. You do this by doing: 

• Open the Settings app.
• And Tap General.
• Tap up Update Software
• Then Tap Auto-Updates.
• Toggle switch (green) to ON.

• What you should Do If Your iPhone Has Virus and malware

If you feel that your iPhone has a virus the best thing to do is to reset your phone to a full factory reset. But first, be sure to back up your data. To factory reset after your data has been backed up: Open the Settings app.

• Tap the General.
• Click the Reset button.
• Tap Erase all Settings and Data.

Instead, you could wait to see if Apple can release an individual removal tool for the virus and malware

But if you use an iPhone, the bottom line is that you likely don't have to worry about viruses–if you don't jailbreak your iPhone that is.

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