Can an iPad be scanned for malware?

Questions:
1) Is it possible for a malicious pdf to infect an iPad, particularly if that pdf were opened by one of the App store's reading apps?
2) Is there such a thing as a scanner for an iPad that could scan it for malware?
3) How would a person know if one's iPad had been compromised by malware?
The issues mentioned at this link...have they been fixed?
http://theinformativereport.com/2011/07/iphone-ipad-ipod-can-be-infected-by-sing le-pdf-file/

You don't need antivirus or security software as long as you don't Jailbreak your iPad.
Currently there's no known virus affecting iPad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

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