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To: engineer who wrote (6433)	2/13/2024 5:47:57 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	of 6556

There aren't any apps like that I'm aware of. Unlike on a Mac, PC, or Android devices, iOS apps are vetted by both automated processes and humans unless you jailbreak your device and install apps from elsewhere. All the security apps for iOS are just password/VPN/WiFi scanners and don't scan for viruses or malware. There has never been an iOS virus to my knowledge, you're only at risk for security holes (many are made by highly financed state actors) until they are found and patched. A security app would never find those anyway, so your defense is to stay up-to-date with iOS. Same is true for computers. There have been a few cases of bad apps making their way onto the App Store over the years, but once found and reported, they are removed by Apple. One group of apps years ago was developed with a compromised version of Xcode in China that wasn't downloaded from Apple, but I think those apps were only on the Chinese version of the App Store. A recent one was a case of an app developer mimicking the LastPass password app with a similar icon and functionality, but LastPass reported it to Apple and it was taken down. I'm not sure what "corrupt files" you're concerned about. Every app has its own files and setting stored with it and deleting the app also deletes those files. Then just reinstall the app.

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