Aside from an occasional threat that pops up every so often, Mac and iOS are almost Malware-safe. Despite that Intego – Mac OS X anti-malware maker – has developed a Malware scanner for iOS devices.
VirusBarrier Scans places where malware is the likeliest to be stored at, such as the user’s Dropbox folder, as well as Mail attachments and other locations within iOS that are directly exposed to users. This tool does not run in the background, So you will have to manually scan files from the app itself or by pressing and holding the link to any file and selecting “Open in VirusBarrier”.
Unless you’ve jailbroken your idevice no software that hasn’t been reviewed by Apple can run on the system, So why do we need an anti-Malware? this was explained by the company in the press release :
While there is no known malware for iOS, files can flow through these devices into computers at home and at work by e-mail, or via remote locations such as MobileMe or Dropbox. Mac and Windows viruses, malware and worms will take any path they can to get into home and work computers, and can easily be passed on to friends and co-workers directly from an iOS device, even though they do not affect iOS devices.
VirusBarrier can detect Windows, Mac And Unix viruses, So virus definitions is expected to be updated quite often.
Download VirusBarrier from the iOS App Store for $2.99 and you’ll have buy a license again for an extra $1.99 every year.
