Can iPad get a mail virus ? Why is there no software or that yet ?

I've iPad 3 , it's amazing , but I thought my mail might be vulnerable, as I've been hit in my laptop .is ther any protection for iPad ? Can I get a virus thru mail on iPad ?

By the strict definition of a virus, a malicious program that perpetrates itself across your operating system and spreads through your device, no. The 'sandbox' nature of hte iPad prevents that. Sandbox meaning that most programs are not allowed to communicate with each other so infections cannot spread. Especially since the iPad lacks the file management system that PC's are based on.
iPads are still vulnerable to browser hijacks (although the 5.1.1 update is supposed to help that). You also can get malware on them although it shouldn't be able to spread. The main risk, as I understand it, of spreading something on your iPad to your PC is if you download something - hard to do with Safari - and then get that file onto your computer. but the file types you're limited to downloading should prevent/curtail that.
Viruses written for pc's and mac's literally won't run on an iPad because they are different operating systems.
Most malware etc, requires direct user intervention to happen....clicking on that bad link, etc.
So you're relatively safe at this point in time. Not to say the bad guys aren't working on something. I'm sure they are. where there's a challenge there are geeks striving to overcme it, but viruses, as defined, don't affect the iPad.

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