Security for iPad

I'm just wondering is there any good security software for the ipad. I do everything from my iPad. Thus meaning I use it daily. I know that there is VirusBarrier, but I've seen mixed reviews about it. My children use my iPad and play on the web. Does this mean that the ipad could get some type of malware/virus on it? I don't want to connect it to my PC and transfer a virus of some sort. Could someone help me please? Thanks in advance.

Unless you jailbreak an Apple iDevice, you don't need any security software. Since the iOS and app apps can only be downloaded from Apple's site, and Apple screens apps, there are no viruses or malware. A virus can't be transfered from a connected computer.
 Cheers, Tom

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Plus, I have never used anything from Conduit - ''the founder of that company has a shady past with different internet companies puling all dorts of "stuff", IMO. And all Conduit add-ons were removed and banned from the official add-ons website a few years ago because of their "antics" and major user uproar at the time - just recently have we seen a few return''.
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3. IMO, you are better off updating each extension one at a time with '''Find Update''', as I mentioned above.

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I'll always have one on mine, just because. I've sunk a chunk o change into this and I'd like to protect it.

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mykee59,
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I received my apple iPad 2 the day before yesterday (orderedthrough AAFES). I am abroad working inKuwait with the military. I charged thedevice (of course with the supplied charger and cable), plugged it into mylaptop, which has the most recent iTunes, registered my product and powered iton. After less than a minute of checkingthe device I noticed a dead (not misfired, but dead) pixel. My first reactive step was to reset the ipad,hoping that would help. Reset was successful, but did not correct the dead pixel. I then connected to the net through my wifi router and d/l a couple basecolor photos to see if this would show some reaction from the pixel, the pixeldid not change… it’s dead.
I took the iPad 2 to the nearest distributor in Kuwait. The representative verified that it was adead pixel and notified me that Kuwait doesn’t “officially” support iPad 2 yetand that they have just gained the support for iPad 1 and that I must contactApple in the States.
I went through the motions and attempted to do an RMA through the net… BUT, Apple will not mail a device to an APO (their reasoninghad something to do with signature confirmation not being available at APO…which I know as a fact is bogus because I work for the APO and yes, we sign forALL accountable items… delivery confirmation, insured, certified and registeredmail on the PS Form 3883 and when a customer picks up their parcel, they sign aPS Form 3849, so please Apple, get your information straight!). So because of this dilemma, I had to call thecustomer service center.
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PS I appologize for the typoeees, I cut and pasted all this and for some reason it smushed some of the words together.

I’m not quite sure what you’re referencing as“misinformation” or “ridiculous statements,”
I was referring to these:
The iPad 2 Safari browser will not natively allow one todownload… anything.
Not true. It can download PDFs and Images. iOS apps are downloaded through the AppStore. But not allowing you to download just any old files is what keeps iOS free of viruses and malware. It's a security feature.
pay Apple $5 to buy their Safari downloader.
Not true. Apple does not make and charge for any Safari Downloader app.
In order to download “FREE” apps from iTunes, you MUST enter your creditinformation…
Not true, as the link posted above proves.
So I tried to reset through iTunes.
No you didn't. You can't reset the device through iTunes. You can restore it, which means re-installing the OS, which of course requires an internet connection to download it.
if one were to have their device jailbroken (yup, Apple, you lost in court, so deal with it…
Not true. Apple didn't lose anything in court. They never even went to court. It was the Copyright Office.
MULTIPLE countries sued you and found your tactics unlawful
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You cannot natively test your video, audio or microphone quality.
Not true. iPad is designed to be synced with iTunes, which is where your music and video is stored. The AppStore has many easily downloadable free apps that use the microphone. Videos and music can both very easily be played in the web browser.
they could have put a couple songs, videos, pictures or games on there.
Why? Your iTunes Library should already have songs and videos in. Pictures are easily obtainable, and so are many free games. People would complain like crazy if Apple put loads of crap nobody asked for on their iPad from new like you get on a Windows PC.
don’t just advertise and trick the end users into believing that they will have a nifty device right out of the box.
The iPad does everything it is advertised as doing right out of the box. But you will need videos, music and games to put on it. Same as a CD player plays CDs out of the box, but you need CDs to play on it. A car will take you on journeys, but you need gas to put in it.
Do you other users actually pay the extra couple hundred dollars for your programs like Apple wants?.
Of course people buy apps for their devices. There are hundreds of thousands of apps available. You expect Apple to provide you with every app ever made for free, pre-installed? Get real! People also buy applications for computers and other electronic devices, like they buy CDs for their CD player, DVDs for their DVD player. Nobody expects the manufacturers to provide them for free.
it’s ok for Apple to make their devices so minimalistic that it’s hardly better than a word processor with web browsing capability and a couple cameras?
If you had read reviews of the iPad and read the product info pages on Apple's website, you would've known EXACTLY what the iPad comes with in terms of hardware and software. It's all there in black and white.
I like my Kindle a lot more, it’s an ebook, advertised as an ebook, works as an ebook
The iPad does everything exactly as advertised - if it didn't, Apple would be in trouble with advertising regulators all over the world. Millions of people like the iPad, but if you prefer the Kindle, why buy an iPad? That makes no sense at all.
I have seen and read dozens upon dozens of reviews on the iPad and iPad 2…
Hmmm... somehow I doubt it. If you had, there is absolutely no way you could've had so much misinformation and misconceptions about what the iPad is, does, and comes with.

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