VirusBarrier iOS – New malware scanner for iPhone® OS devices

If you have an iOS-based device that you use your personal and/or official purposes, then to make it secure of any external threats, you can download and install VirusBarrier by Intego.

Intego, a popular Mac security organization has recently released this malware scanner for iPhone OS (iOS) devices. Intego’s VirusBarrier IOS is a handy malware scanning tool to catch and remove malware, viruses, Trojans, adware and keyloggers found on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.  The tool is easily available through Apple App Store at a price of $2.99. Primarily, you will receive one year subscription to update malware definitions through Intego market. Moreover, subscription can be extended for another year at a price of $1.99. To download the app click here.

VirusBarrier iOS is developed on the basis of the technology used in Intego’s anti-malware tool VirusBarrier X6 which is used in Mac OS. Some of the notable features of this app are:

• Identification of malicious content in iOS devices which can easily come via precarious websites
• Facility to block phishy sites or web servers which are hosting malware content
• Automatic blockade of viruses and Trojans from e-mail attachments. In case a spyware is copied through a file downloaded from a remote location like Dropbox or iDisk, then VirusBarrier iOS can try to repair the infected file

In reality, iOS devices are programmed with secure codes due to which the devices may not get affected. But the minute the malevolent files are transferred on Windows or Mac OS then it can harm your personal data. VirusBarrier iOS is an on-demand scanner, which can be used to scan file extensions like Word, PDF, Excel, ZIP and DLL files. In order to find out the scan information, you can use the logs which are created after every scan.

 In the long run, people who are having iOS devices can make use of this malware scanner to keep their installed applications and files safe from serious malicious threats.