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Are Android phones and Iphone phones susceptible to virus threats ?

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Question added by Rolando Solidon , Customer Service Representative (Project Coordinator) , Accenture, Inc.
Date Posted: 2016/01/27
Mohammad Terkawi
by Mohammad Terkawi , Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer , Lean Business Services

yes it is , all phones susceptible to virus threats 

Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

Yes they are.  Consider downloading an antivirus app.

Bassam Ali Mohammed Al-mamari
by Bassam Ali Mohammed Al-mamari , مساعد الرصد والتقييم , برودحي سيستمز

Smart phone are internally made of Hardware and Software, thus they are definitely susceptible to Viruses 

Irfan Rasheed Khan
by Irfan Rasheed Khan , IT Group Admin , Green Global Group for Environmental Work

IOS have very little chance of Virus attack,(as long as you do not jailbreak)  Android have more chance , though as long you do not download or install crack applications (virus attack should not be any problem)

Muatz Elturkey
by Muatz Elturkey , الضفادع البشرية , القوات الخاصة البحرية

. Yes it is, all the phones 

Ahmed Abdoun Hassan Ahmed
by Ahmed Abdoun Hassan Ahmed , IT Technical Support , National Medical Supply Fund

Yes .. can be downloaded antivirus her

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Yes, all OS (Android, AppleOS, Linus...) are susceptible to virus.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Hi, 

As an iOS developer, I can confirm that iOS is well protected against virus because of the user permission requirement added to most if not all sensitive access to data and hardware within the programming process. Add to that the App Store approval process for the app. All that as long as you don´t jailbreak your device as Irfan Rasheed Khan stated.

About Android, I have´t enough experience to judge it, I am sorry :(

 

Peace,

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