The most significant weak link in iOS occurs if the device gets "jailbroken. Without the security protection Apple builds in, your iPod could become exposed to malicious software. While iPods are relatively safe from viruses, they can be carriers of viruses that infect other computers. Any iPod that is connected to a computer as a storage device could end up storing a virus file that then gets sent to other computers to which it is connected.
IPods can also download and forward compromised document files. To help protect against an iPod serving as an unwitting link in a chain of virus transmission, third-party virus protection software is available from the App Store. Steve Lander has been a writer since , with experience in the fields of financial services, real estate and technology.
Then, connect your iPod Touch to your computer. Open the iTunes window for your iPod Touch and click the button for restoring factory settings.
All the software will be like new again. A graduate of Oberlin College, Fraser Sherman began writing in Since then he's researched and written newspaper and magazine stories on city government, court cases, business, real estate and finance, the uses of new technologies and film history. Home Media. Please help! Thank you. Posted on Jan 28, AM. Page content loaded. As long as you did not call and give any information to them via the telephone there is no problem.
An iPod can't get a virus. Jan 28, AM. Jan 28, PM in response to lllaass In response to lllaass. Correction an Ipod can get a virus but it is highly unlikely. It probably was a scam trying to get personal info or install a virus. But I wouldn't worry the firmware on an Ipod is really good.
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