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Q: My Weather Inbox ????

I had something show up on my iPhone 6 that looked like it was a normal app. Alas, it doesn't appear to be. It looked all right until it asked to be installed through settings. Now it shows up as an actual email address and it appears that it is spam email. I tried to delete the inbox, and there is no option to delete it. Any ideas from where this came? The host name is 20160104.imap.email? I have turned it off and deleted turned off the server, but I don't want it on my phone. HELP!

Posted on Jan 3, 2016 7:10 PM

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  • by ZachEAikins18,Apple recommended

    ZachEAikins18 ZachEAikins18 Jan 7, 2016 12:28 PM in response to doncow
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    Jan 7, 2016 12:28 PM in response to doncow

    Hey man,

     

    Go to your settings, General, scroll down to where you see iTunes wi-fi sync and VPN, beneath that you should see Profile, select Profile, select My weather inbox, and on the following screen there should be an option to delete the my weather inbox profile.

  • by EarlyCEO,Solvedanswer

    EarlyCEO EarlyCEO Jan 5, 2016 11:05 PM in response to ZachEAikins18
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    Jan 5, 2016 11:05 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

    Zach, this was very helpful - I was seething but without recourse that this company would hijack my iPhone. Your solution worked perfectly. Thanks.

  • by doncow,Helpful

    doncow doncow Jan 7, 2016 12:29 PM in response to ZachEAikins18
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    Jan 7, 2016 12:29 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

    THANK YOU! That worked. Is it part of Apple?

  • by candied,

    candied candied Jan 7, 2016 8:13 PM in response to doncow
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    Jan 7, 2016 8:13 PM in response to doncow

    Check! I deleted all my weather apps thinking it was attached to one of them! I never would have found this without your guidance ZachEAikins18!

  • by Monty Cook,

    Monty Cook Monty Cook Jan 8, 2016 7:00 PM in response to ZachEAikins18
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    Jan 8, 2016 7:00 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

    Thank you so much!  I also deleted the email account on my wife's iPhone.  Did that my weather account put her iPhone at risk of any malware other than the spam it sent?

  • by zoso4,

    zoso4 zoso4 Jan 10, 2016 5:55 AM in response to doncow
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    Jan 10, 2016 5:55 AM in response to doncow

    There doesn't seem to be anything malicious about this "my Weather Inbox". I found it in a Weather app called MeteoEarth. Doesn't look like harmful spam, except for ads. But those can be picked to your liking. No reason to freak out here! I actually like having the inbox. It offers more than just weather.

  • by lcook825,Helpful

    lcook825 lcook825 Jan 13, 2016 12:55 PM in response to zoso4
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    Jan 13, 2016 12:55 PM in response to zoso4

    Thanks this helped me get rid of a torn in my side.

  • by JColger2000,

    JColger2000 JColger2000 Jan 21, 2016 6:54 AM in response to doncow
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    Jan 21, 2016 6:54 AM in response to doncow

    This showed up on my iphone 5 - and I did not have that "app"

     

    It was in my "Mail" server with a very strange email address and created a "Profile" in the Settings.

     

    How can I be sure just deleting the profile has "removed it completely" -???  Is it in my back-ups ???

  • by E Greene,

    E Greene E Greene Jan 22, 2016 8:10 PM in response to doncow
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    Jan 22, 2016 8:10 PM in response to doncow

    Thanks Zack. I had the same problem.

  • by anatjones,

    anatjones anatjones Jan 28, 2016 10:50 AM in response to ZachEAikins18
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    Jan 28, 2016 10:50 AM in response to ZachEAikins18

    Aleluiah! Thank you very much!

  • by GGGeoff,Helpful

    GGGeoff GGGeoff Feb 1, 2016 1:14 PM in response to JColger2000
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    Feb 1, 2016 1:14 PM in response to JColger2000

    I just got off the phone with my parents who experienced this symptom with considerable concern. They had noticed a new "From" email address selectable when composing a new message on the iPhone. The email address was apparently two randomly selected works and ended with the domain @my.minbox.email. The installed Profile in Settings>General was something along the lines of "MyWeatherRadar Click Install for your FREE Weather Radar Alerts!"

     

    I had them look for the potentially offending applications, and suggested just deleting all third-party weather-related applications. I then instructed on how to remove the unwanted Profile.

     

    What I have determined so far is the bogus Profile is what's called a Provisioning Profile normally used for installing beta applications outside of the App Store as well as for provisioning phones for employees in an enterprise environment. New profiles may be delivered via an installed app, or possibly, downloaded via Safari. In either case, the phone is to take the user to Settings, show the profile with an Install button. Tapping Install should prompt "Install Provisioning Profile: Installing this provisioning profile will change settings on your iPhone. [Cancel]  [Install Now]"

     

    A clue to me is the name of the provisioning profile including the words "Click Install for your FREE..." To anyone not familiar with the ins and outs of iOS development and security issues, this sounds innocuous enough.

     

    Provisioning Profiles seem to bestow all sorts of capabilities, such as creating new accounts, installing new root certificates, and in the wrong hands, posing a certain security risk. Applications which install a new root certificate theoretically have the ability to deep-inspect network traffic or even inspect / modify network traffic by setting up a proxy server.

     

    At this point, I'm unsure whether to advise my parents to change their iCloud passwords just to be on the safe side, but probably prudent. In the mean time, I will educate my friends and family to be careful of any website or app that wants you to install a provisioning profile on your phone. Just don't, unless you know exactly why you are doing so.

  • by JimEA,

    JimEA JimEA Feb 2, 2016 9:41 AM in response to ZachEAikins18
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    Feb 2, 2016 9:41 AM in response to ZachEAikins18

    Zach; thanks man.  This was freaking me out too.  Not it's gone!

  • by pgboyd,

    pgboyd pgboyd Feb 6, 2016 2:15 PM in response to ZachEAikins18
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    Feb 6, 2016 2:15 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

    Thanks Zack! It freaked me out to see it as an inbox on my phone with another email address listed. I think there may be some malware with it. Your post helped me get rid of it! I feel better now!

  • by tiger's mom,

    tiger's mom tiger's mom Feb 13, 2016 5:45 PM in response to pgboyd
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    Feb 13, 2016 5:45 PM in response to pgboyd

    Thanks, helped me get a lot of spam off of my wife's iPhone and solved her outbox problem, this app took over her outbound mailbox

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