6 Best Antivirus Apps for iPhone and iPad (Free & Paid)

Best Antivirus for iPhone and iPad

Why do you need an antivirus application installed on your smartphone? The most important reason is that you need to protect all your data from hackers. Each and every person who owns a smartphone like Android or iPhone stores various details like ATM details or banking details or some other crucial information on their smartphone so when the device gets attacked, these data might get hacked.

So that’s the reason you need to take a look at these 6 best Antivirus apps for iPhone and install one of them to protect your data from various threats.

1. Lookout Mobile Security (Free)

This app is equally great just as the first one I mentioned above. It provides special features which can let you keep backup of your data and can find missing phone pretty easily. Its got very elegant user interface and a very easy to use and amazing UI that you can have in an Antivirus app for iOS devices.

Features:

• Located lost device and save the last location of the device before the battery runs out.
• Backs up all your contacts.
• Tells you if you have outdated iOS version.

Download from Here.

2. McAfee Security (Free)

McAfee is well known for its powerful protection from infections and other files which can harm personal data stored over your devices, not only computers and laptops but for also smartphones like iPhone and iPad. It not only has a decent looking user interface but its also very simple to understand. It gets quick update and provides faster scanning features to find out about various threats in your smartphone.

Features:

• Protect your photos and videos in a safe place that can be opened with a PIN.
• You can use the Secure Snap feature that saves your photos and videos directly in to your vault leaving no copies for misuse.
• Backs up all your contacts and restores it when you like. You can also wipe out all your contacts remotely and avoid them from falling in wrong hands.
• Locate your stolen iPhone/iPad and activate an alarm which works even in Silent mode when the device is stolen.

Download from Here.

3. VirusBarrier (Paid)

It offers a complete protection to any sort of personal data lying on your iOS device and even scans apps and games which you install from app store or any other third party app store like Cydia. With VirusBarrier from Intego, you can scan and save email attachments or file on your device and also scan for threats on files from remote location like Dropbox and Google Drive.

Features:

• Integrated file reader to view files immediately after scanning.
• On demand scanning available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
• Scans for Trojan horses, spyware, keylogger, adware or other hacker tools and also repair the infected files.
• Scan zipped files and files on remote locations like Dropbox and you can even keep a log of all your scans.

Download from Here.

4. Norton Mobile Security (Free)

Norton is one of the biggest name in the antivirus industry and it has been protecting computers and laptops from viruses for years. And they have an antivirus app for iPhone and iPad as well that you can download for free from the iTunes app store and protect your smartphone from different threats.

Features:

• Find your phone using the map with a remote locate feature.
• You can back up your contacts and restore them on your device and also share them across all your mobile devices.
• Activate the ‘Scream’ feature to trigger an alarm when the mobile is stolen or lost.
• If you lose your iPhone then you can use a remote call feature to place an Internet call to your device and get it back.

Download from Here.

5. Trend Micro Mobile Security (Free)

A web protection app which will let you manage level of protection you require from this app. With Trend Micro Mobile Security, you can identify bad apps and fake websites that try to steal your important details or sign you up with expensive services.

Features:

• It guards your phone against identity thefts and protects you from fraudulent and dangerous websites.
• It even enables you to manage your monthly data usage and costs.
• Backup all your contacts and share it across multiple platforms. You can even locate your lost device.
• You can modify the level of protection and also protects your privacy on Facebook.

Download from Here.

6. Avira Mobile Security (Free)

It will create your user profile and then start offering protection of much higher standard. The thing I didn’t like about this app is that it requires signing up and asks users to store backup on its own cloud storage. However that doesn’t make it bad and it still is the best antivirus apps for iPhone and iPad.

Features:

• Identity checker to monitor your identity and on demand malicious process scanner.
• Use the calling feature to call the lost device for free from within the app and an OS checker to ensure that your iOS version is always updated.
• ‘Yell’ feature to make a Yell sound on up to 5 different devices.
• Free tech community which includes Avira answers.

Download from Here.

These are 6 of the best antivirus apps for iPhone and iPad that you can download and install on your smartphone and protect all your information details like banking details or personal details from unwanted threats and hackers. Use them and do let us know if you like the antivirus applications!

source:biglittlegeek