HT5642 does apple has an anti virus or security such as norton for the apple ipad 4 generation

does apple has any anti viruv soft ware like norton to protect ipad info

Norton is horrible software.
There is no av software because the way iOS is structured it would not work.
You cannot download apps from the Internet.
Flash and java- major vectors for infection of pc's, do not run on iOS.
Apps are sandboxed-meaning they cannot access other programs or the iOS core.
iOS does not allow apps access to the kernel or to make system wide changes.
The only way to infect iOS is to jailbreak your device, removing iOS security features.

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