If you’ve heard about the Samsung Smart TV virus or the Amazon Fire TV malware, you might be wondering if a smart TV can get a virus. The answer is yes, it can, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Here’s what you need to know about smart TV malware and how to prevent your television from getting a virus.
Protect your smart TVs from ransomware
A smart TV can get a virus or other malware, and that’s nothing new. In two separate cases in mid-2019, it was reported that smart TV viruses and malware infected two different brands of televisions. If that’s something you’re worried about, you probably should be. But there’s good news.
TV viruses and malware are not the norm. They are more of an anomaly that seems to be rare because it is difficult to create a virus that works on a TV.
All televisions have a number of built-in features that make it difficult for malware writers to create viruses that can successfully infect a television.
