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Q: How do i get rid of a iPhone Virus?

I have now for the second time a strange virus on my Iphone 5, iOs 6.1.4 It opens randomly the pre-installed apple apps like Newsstand, Settings, Notes etc. and changes settings there. The first time I had it, it sent a message with "awkward" to one of my contacts. This time it changed my wallpaper. I haven't jailbreaked my iPhone. How do I get rid of this ****? It seems to help to switch the Wifi off. A reset of the settings did work the first time but not now. Thanks for your help!

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Aug 12, 2013 3:28 AM

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  • by evilass69,

    evilass69 evilass69 Dec 4, 2013 5:30 PM in response to SuperNMY
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    Dec 4, 2013 5:30 PM in response to SuperNMY

    I'm having the same issue. Ive restored to factory settings and my phone is still acting like a schizo. appple needs to drop the we have no virus thing. Sure, and STD's dont exist in beverly hills

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 4, 2013 5:37 PM in response to evilass69
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    Dec 4, 2013 5:37 PM in response to evilass69

    There are no iPhone viruses. If there's something wrong with your phone take it to an Apple store for analysis.

  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Dec 5, 2013 3:34 AM in response to evilass69
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    Dec 5, 2013 3:34 AM in response to evilass69

    evilass69 wrote:


    appple needs to drop the we have no virus thing. Sure, and STD's dont exist in beverly hills

    It is not Apple saying that - it is all of the various security companies that track virus, trojans and malware who are reporting none in the wild for Apple iOS.

  • by Stansley,

    Stansley Stansley Dec 10, 2013 3:31 PM in response to SuperNMY
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    Dec 10, 2013 3:31 PM in response to SuperNMY

    I am having similar behavior with a new iPhone 5s.  Suddenly the phone was launching new programs, typing in Safari's URL entry window, changing prefs in the settig window. I'm just sitting there watching this happen.  The phone was plugged into AC power. As I forced quit programs, new ones would launch themselves.  I tried to shut down the phone, but I couldn't slide the red ribbon sideways to shut the phone down.  Eventually I did.  When I rebooted, I couldn't enter my PIN because I would press one button, and another one would depress on the screen. Prees 0 and 4 would be entered.

     

    I brought it in to Apple and a genius made me reset to the original OS with no non-start-up apps. I did, and the behavior returned. I brought it back and they thought that the touch screen was defective.  They swapped the phone.

     

    I just uploaded all my apps to the new phone, and a day later I'm watching a podcast in Safari and suddenly the podcast stops and I see typing in the Safari URL entry window.  I see apps opening and I see random typing in random apps. Again, the phone is plugged into AC power.

     

    This is a second phone.  I just deleted non-Apple apps and we'll see what happens. So if no viruses exist, and this is only a oftware bug, one program can open another and start typing.

     

    Has anyone heard of this behavior?

  • by Funem,

    Funem Funem Dec 14, 2013 2:49 PM in response to SuperNMY
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    Dec 14, 2013 2:49 PM in response to SuperNMY

    Dont believe everything you are told. You CAN get a virus on a non jailbroken iOS device its already been proven at a Security Symposium, listen here if you need proof

     

    https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity13/technical-sessions/paper/wang _tielei

     

    An app that was a test virus was uploaded and passed to the iOS app store. This explains how it was done.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 14, 2013 3:39 PM in response to Funem
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    Dec 14, 2013 3:39 PM in response to Funem

    And it was also caught and deleted almost immediately. So we shouldn't believe everything we are told, but it's OK for you to?

     

    And this has nothing to do with the OP's problem, which is not related to a virus.

  • by PhilipRoy,

    PhilipRoy PhilipRoy Dec 14, 2013 3:44 PM in response to SuperNMY
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    Dec 14, 2013 3:44 PM in response to SuperNMY

    Please try going to: Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings

    Please respond after trying this.

    good luck

  • by Funem,

    Funem Funem Dec 14, 2013 4:02 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Dec 14, 2013 4:02 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    I followed this, it wasnt caught and deleted immediately, there was nothing to trace it. The originators of the app notifed Apple and explained the app and there findings, it was then removed. Listen to the whole broadcast they even said it in there. Some of the vunerabilities they uncovered are still there in iOS7, some are locked down.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Dec 14, 2013 4:03 PM in response to Funem
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    Dec 14, 2013 4:03 PM in response to Funem

    So you believe everything you see on the Internet. Most interesting.

  • by Noodles Brainguy,

    Noodles Brainguy Noodles Brainguy Dec 14, 2013 4:03 PM in response to SuperNMY
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    Dec 14, 2013 4:03 PM in response to SuperNMY

    There are no viruses for iOS

     

    You could download iOS from the app store and install all over again

  • by Funem,

    Funem Funem Dec 14, 2013 4:13 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Dec 14, 2013 4:13 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

    No, I believe findings published by an organisation sponsored by IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, NSF and Google to name a few. They are also industry partners to many large tech firms and have members are from major universities around the globe (click the link provided and then scroll down to the bottom). The findings were broadcast on the web, they didnt originate there. Interesting indeed.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Dec 14, 2013 5:57 PM in response to Funem
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    Dec 14, 2013 5:57 PM in response to Funem

    Jekyll is old news. It was not a virus, it was simply an approved app that changed behavior. Note that this app was still sandboxed, as are all App Store apps, so it couldn't do any of the things ascribed to the mythical "iPhone virus" mentioned in topics like this one. It could only access personal information within the framework of the iPhone's security, requiring permission from the user first. Once you have granted an app access to your information, of course, that app can transmit it somewhere. There's not much Apple can do to prevent that without crippling all apps.

  • by Helfrid,

    Helfrid Helfrid Jan 15, 2014 8:59 PM in response to SuperNMY
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    Jan 15, 2014 8:59 PM in response to SuperNMY

    Two times this week, once when using instaweather and once when visiting a familymembers blogg I got the message that I had won a lot of money if i only would....something, something.... Isn't that a virus? As I said, I've only seen it twice but......

  • by hexonxonx,

    hexonxonx hexonxonx Jan 15, 2014 11:52 PM in response to Helfrid
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    Jan 15, 2014 11:52 PM in response to Helfrid

    No, that is not a virus. It is simply an ad.

  • by XP45,

    XP45 XP45 Jan 30, 2014 5:30 AM in response to SuperNMY
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    Jan 30, 2014 5:30 AM in response to SuperNMY

    I am currently having issues with a.tribalfusion.com which opens up another page with an ad to click to lower my life insurance.  I'm relieved that its not a virus as everyone claims viruses don't exist for the iphone but it is spyware so how do I get rid of it?  It started all of a sudden a week ago.  When I search on the web I get all kinds of help for a desktop computer but nothing for an iphone.  Yes, I've erased all cookies, yes I've erased all data and restored from an old backup from a year ago and yes it still comes up.  So since spyware does exist for the iphone, how do I get rid of it?

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