Can My iPhone Get a Virus From an App?
I downloaded and app called MyMedia, which is what I use for my music. I use mp3skull.com to download music onto the app. One of the songs I downloaded wasn't the song, it made the sound of like windows shutting down so I deleted it right away. I still use the app and have downloaded many other songs, but occasionally (not while using the app), my phone shuts down. It turns itself back on and that's it. But when I previously downloaded from that website the same thing happened on my computer and my computer has a virus now. Is it possible that my phone has a virus and may shut down completely?
While it is possible for your phone to get a virus it is highly unlikely that is your issue. Viruses are very specific and have to be written for the specific environment they are targeting. Even if you got a virus from that site on a windows PC that same virus would not have any effect on a phone because phones don't use a windows operating system (Even Windows phone OS is significantly different from Windows PC OS). You're most likely looking at a hardware issue with your phone. I would recommend checking with your service provider to see if it is still under warranty.
- Possible for iphone to get virus or hack from the facebook app? Ok as i was scrolling my fb on my iphone app i accidentally touch a link that was shared by a friend. It open up something that looks unsafe. So is it possible for my iphone to get hacked or a virus if visit a unsafe site? Anything i can do to make sure everything is ok?
- Is there an anti virus or malware scan I can get on my iPhone 4? Is there an anti virus or malware scan for the iPhone 4 that I can get from the apple store? If so what's the name? Also is there something I can get to stop ads poppin up on games?
- Is it possible to get a virus from downloading an app in cydia? I was thinking about jailbreaking my iPhone 4s, but I was wondering if there was a possibility that my phone could get a virus from an app that I might download. If so, are there any good virus protection apps?
- If an iPhone somehow got a virus, what would stop that virus from spreading to the recovery image? If an iPhone got a virus, couldn't it just spread to the recovery image? I don't mean where you connect the iPhone to your computer and restore through iTunes. I mean the restore image that is actually on the iPhone.