I foolishly clicked “ok” on a virus warning. I did the “clear all history and website data” and switched my phone off and back on. Is it still possible that I got a virus? How can I check, if my phone is virus free?
Thank you for help!
iPhone XR
In order to be caught on one of these many such scams, they include a link to a scam website that resembles Apple's. There, they ask to submit all kinds of personal information Apple would never ask for. Like your Social Security Number.
Either that, or a scammer's phone number to call for assistance with your "problem". They'll then attempt to fleece you out of as much money as you're willing to cough up to fix nothing. On top of that, they'll try very hard to get you to install remote access software. Then you're really in trouble since they may be downloading personal information right off your Mac or Windows computer.
The basic rule here is: There is no software of any kind anywhere in the world that can tell what's on your device through a web browser. Any and all web pages or pop-ups you see like this are 100% lies. You don't even need to think about it. Just close the dumb things.
In order to be caught on one of these many such scams, they include a link to a scam website that resembles Apple's. There, they ask to submit all kinds of personal information Apple would never ask for. Like your Social Security Number.
Either that, or a scammer's phone number to call for assistance with your "problem". They'll then attempt to fleece you out of as much money as you're willing to cough up to fix nothing. On top of that, they'll try very hard to get you to install remote access software. Then you're really in trouble since they may be downloading personal information right off your Mac or Windows computer.
The basic rule here is: There is no software of any kind anywhere in the world that can tell what's on your device through a web browser. Any and all web pages or pop-ups you see like this are 100% lies. You don't even need to think about it. Just close the dumb things.
It's nothing but a scam. At most, it would have tried to download something to your iPhone. But unless you've jailbroken your phone, that's not possible.
Just close the page and ignore.
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Hi, Kurt!
Thanks for your reply. No, I have not jailbroken my phone.
I just read somewhere, that even clicking “ok” with these scams, you have already fallen for it. Got me a bit worried :)
A Web site is a file (HTML), not an Application. So whomever wrote this Web site knows no better of how Macs operate.
i clicked “ok” on virus warning
