And there is the problem with how Apple does things. The answers to your questions, as far as I know, are no, no, and I don't know.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 10/06/2013, at 2:58, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, ,David. > > What happens if someone was unfortunate enough to have downloaded one of > these 5 malware apps? Are they somehow magically removed from a phone by an > Apple process? Does Apple notify the iPhone user to remove the app? How can > someone find out the 5 malware apps to make sure they're not on their device? > > Thanks. Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Chittenden > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 4:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Virus > > Ok, to be specific, in the past three years, there have been exactly five > malware apps which made it onto the iPhone. None of these apps remained in > the App Store for more than 3 days. There have been significantly over a > thousand malware apps on the Google Play Store, several of which are > currently available. > > As for viruses, there has not yet been a successful virus spread across > iPhones that are not jailbroken. Android, and jailbroken iOS have been > successfully hit by viruses multiple times. > > According to the latest metrics I have read, iOS and Windows Phone are the > safest platforms. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 09/06/2013, at 20:35, "Debbie Palmer" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes you can get viruses on apple and android devices. I have an android >> device and I use Lookout security and have had no problems. >> >> Debbie >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
