{"id":205654,"date":"2025-04-25T22:56:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/michael-tsai-blog-virus-protection-for-phone\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T22:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:56:39","slug":"michael-tsai-blog-virus-protection-for-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=205654","title":{"rendered":"Michael Tsai – Blog – Virus Protection for Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The app in question is Virus Protection for Phone, which claims to be \u201cTrusted by millions of users worldwide\u201d. I don\u2019t know whether that\u2019s true, but for what it\u2019s worth, the app is currently ranked #88 in the free utilities category of the United States App Store. According to AppFigures<\/a>, Virus Protection for iPhone is currently the #43 top grossing utility in the US App Store. Not bad for a \u201cfree\u201d app, eh? That\u2019s certainly better than my paid app StopTheMadness Pro, also in the utilities category. As you might expect (of scam apps), Virus Protection for Phone has a number of expensive subscription options.<\/p>\n

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Given that iOS App Store apps are strictly sandboxed, forbidden from accessing the rest of the system, a virus protection app for iPhone doesn\u2019t seem possible. Specifically, the app claims (ungrammatically) that it can \u201cScan Device to Remove Virus and Resolve Issues\u201d, which seems to me to be\u2014what\u2019s the term I\u2019m thinking of?\u2014a bald-faced lie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But it has lots of 5-star reviews, including one that praises the auto-renewing subscription!<\/p>\n

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I feel that almost everything that could be said about iOS lockdown has already been said, sometimes by me, and all of the arguments have been repeated ad nauseam over the years. I was simply responding to a support email about my own app. Yet the direct line to the App Store from the misleading web advertisement I encountered was too blatant and too apposite to ignore. Apple claims that locking down iOS to the App Store is justified in order to protect consumers from danger. Time and again, however, it\u2019s painfully obvious that Apple\u2019s so-called \u201ccuration\u201d of the App Store is terrible, miserable, incompetent, negligent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t think Apple intends<\/em> to let abusive subscription scams stay in the App Store to make more money.<\/p>\n

But this has been a problem for so many years, with no obvious progress being made to fix it, that their inaction speaks volumes, whether it\u2019s their intention or not.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nate Vack<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I kind of feel like \u201conce a week, go through the top 100 grossing apps and investigate the obvious scams\u201d is maybe a reasonable expectation for a company Apple\u2019s size.<\/p>\n

Especially if \u201cour store is closed because it is safe\u201d is their entire brand and legal argument.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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App Store<\/a> App Store Scams<\/a> iOS<\/a> iOS 18<\/a> iOS App<\/a> Malware<\/a><\/p>\n

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