A website on my iPhone said it had a virus and I clicked it

should i be worried that my phone just got hacked? or there’s a virus on it. i clicked it because it came from my settings things but it was a different website other than settings.


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Posted on Oct 27, 2022 2:16 PM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2022 2:22 PM

Your phone has not been hacked and it does not have a virus.


You received a scam message that was trying to trick you into believing it was real. Hopefully, you did not provide any personal information when you clicked on the link or "agree" to anything.


In the future, delete any messages that you see like this one. They are scams that are trying to sell you useless software or worse.........like tricking you into providing personal information and passwords so the bad guys can access your personal information.

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Oct 27, 2022 2:22 PM in response to hhagner

Your phone has not been hacked and it does not have a virus.


You received a scam message that was trying to trick you into believing it was real. Hopefully, you did not provide any personal information when you clicked on the link or "agree" to anything.


In the future, delete any messages that you see like this one. They are scams that are trying to sell you useless software or worse.........like tricking you into providing personal information and passwords so the bad guys can access your personal information.

Oct 27, 2022 2:21 PM in response to Bob Timmons

it was off of a video then it popped up and it said it found 17 virus and my phone is going to be hacked. i clicked it because i thought it was real. i didn’t but in any information i swiped right off of it. i tried it a second time but it was close to that message but wasn’t the same thing exactly. i’m still freaking out that my phone is going to get hacked or it has virus on it.

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