{"id":38566,"date":"2015-03-18T13:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=38566"},"modified":"2024-08-06T08:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:37:03","slug":"where-did-virusbarrier-ios-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/where-did-virusbarrier-ios-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did VirusBarrier iOS Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/intego-virusbarrier-ios-logo.png\" alt=\"VirusBarrier iOS logo\" width=\"110\" height=\"102\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has elected to eliminate the category of anti-virus and anti-malware products from their iOS App Store. As a result of this decision, our product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/virusbarrier-ios-8-antivirus-malware-scanner-iphone-ipad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VirusBarrier iOS<\/a> is no longer available for sale.<\/p>\n<p>All of our existing VirusBarrier iOS customers will continue to get their virus definition updates as they have been for as long as they own the product. These updates do not go through the App Store and are not affected.<\/p>\n<p>We apologize, but we will no longer be able to provide app updates to our VirusBarrier iOS customers. App updates can only be provided through the App Store.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a title=\"Mac antivirus and Security - Mac Internet Security X8\" href=\"https:\/\/offer.intego.com\/BlogMACAV_lbmxlkchf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VirusBarrier for Mac<\/a> customers are unaffected by this action. 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