Is there any virus protection/scanning in the Mail app on iPhones/iPads?

I recently received a virus through an email I opened on my iPhone. I believe with the virus scanning that Gmail does, it wouldn't have allowed me to open it if I had done so on my computer in the Gmail app. Just wondering if Apple provides any scanning/protection in the Mail app?

ss4156 wrote:
Not necessarily viruses infecting the device but email viruses that send 100's of spam emails to all contacts, etc.
Those sorts of attacks are the result of your email account being hacked through the email server. Your iPhone is not involved. Opening an email on your phone, unless you followed a link and gave out passwords would not cause that sort of problem. A virus is a program that has to run on your device. Even if a Windows virus were attached to the email, it simply can't run on an iOS device.

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