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Viruse

My phone keeps getting these messages that say that it it heavily damaged with two viruses it that a real problem or just a faulty site 

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 1, 2020 8:03 AM

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Posted on Aug 1, 2020 8:19 AM

Ignore. This is spam.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to latest iOS/iPadOS, unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious softwares or unauthorised apps directly from internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 

It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable informations of your iPhone such as Passcode, Password etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable informations with friends and family members.

Thumb Rules:

  1. Don't share Apple IDs
  2. Don't Jail Break
  3. Don't share sensitive informations pertaining to your device and payment methods
  4. Beware of Phishing


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Aug 1, 2020 8:19 AM in response to Ultinicky

Ignore. This is spam.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to latest iOS/iPadOS, unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious softwares or unauthorised apps directly from internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 

It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable informations of your iPhone such as Passcode, Password etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable informations with friends and family members.

Thumb Rules:

  1. Don't share Apple IDs
  2. Don't Jail Break
  3. Don't share sensitive informations pertaining to your device and payment methods
  4. Beware of Phishing


Viruse

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