iPhone Calendar Virus

You’ve subscribed to a spam-filled calendar. Unsubscribe.

No “virus”, no “hack”, nothing wrong here, just a spam-filled calendar subscription that was offered and was accepted.

Here is what happened, and how to remove the subscribed calendar:

Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone - Apple Support

You are a target for scams, too. We all are. The following might help you avoid falling for other scams:

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

It is not a virus. It as a rogue calendar that got added to your device while you were on a website and accepted it. Please follow the instructions in this guide published by Apple ➔ How to Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone

Axel F.

I am updating the resolution again since the initial response was over a year and a half ago and things have change with the newer iOS version(s).

That is a Rogue Calendar account. 

If you are using iOS 13 then Go to Settings ➔ Passwords & Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

If you are using iOS 14 then Go to Settings ➔ Calendar ➔ Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

Note that it is not a virus. It is something that got added to your calendar because you may have accepted an offer from a pop-up on a website unknowingly. Please be careful out there.

Axel F

Axel F.

Local403 wrote:

Dude you are the ****!!! Man that was tripping me out for the last 3 weeks been trying to find like an app cleaner or something! Huge help bro! Wicked advice!

just remember to tell people it’s under settings——mail—-accounts at least mine is for my iPhone x

In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, the list of subscribed calendars is (also) accessible in the calendar app itself, and there’s also now a mechanism to allow the subscribed calendar to be deleted reachable via the bottom of the pop-up messages for each of the calendar alerts from that calendar. In the image shown above, tap Calendars at the bottom of the display, find the matching subscribed calendar (the above subscribed calendar is also color-coded light green) and remove it.

Advertisers lie.

You were offered and have a subscribed to a calendar.

No hack, no breach, no security issues here.

Remove the subscribed calendar, and the advertising being offered from the subscribed calendar will be gone.

In this case, the subscribed calendar is green, when you look through your list of subscribed calendars.

For details, click or tap on the following blue-text link to learn how to Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone - Apple Support

Once you have removed the advertiser's subscribed calendar, you will receive no further advertising from the calendar, and no further cleanup is required.

Again, there was no hack, no exploit, no security problem. You were offered and subscribed to some advertising.

I would not usually recommend loading the advertised VPN product here too, as those can effect your privacy, and can access and track your network traffic.

Please review the instructions in this guide published by Apple ➔ Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone

Axel F.

Please follow the instructions in this guide published by Apple ➔ How to Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone

Axel F.

Hi everyone, 

I understand this has already been responded to, but we have a helpful knowledge base article with updated information regarding your iPhone Calendar concerns. Please visit the following article: Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone

Thank you!

I got a popup from calendars today and it said i have a virus and that i need to fix it. And i have a solution DONT CLICK ON IT go into your device settings go down to calendar and click on accounts and delete the second account and those popups will go away the popup is a way for hackers to access your personal information you don’t have a virus your safe

I just tried this and it worked!

Removing this is simple, so open Settings and select Calendar > Accounts then look for the Subscribed Calendars option. Tap that, find any calendars that you don't want, then select it and tap the Delete Account option.

Jun 1, 2021

sheree296 wrote:

I am also having problems with my calendar on my IPad. Not an iPhone but an IPad. Can someone please help me? It now says it’s going to lock my iPhone soon. Still, like I said, I have an IPad. Please instruct me how to get rid of this. Thank you very much in advance!

No, you’re not going to get locked out. (They lied.) No, there is not a hacker. (They lied.)

There is nothing wrong with your iPad. Somewhere in your web travels, you were offered and have accepted an utterly mundane calendar subscription (“would you like to be notified?” or some such), and that calendar subscription is filled with advertising. With spam. The advertisers deliberately use words —and lies—intended to strike fear, and panic, and to get the reader to do what the advertiser wants.

Fix? Unsubscribe from the subscribed calendar. (The following assumes recent or current iPadOS…)

With the iPad in portrait, tap the calendar page in the extreme upper left, scroll down the list of calendars to the subscribed calendars—the dolor of the calendar will match the color of the advertisements you’re seeing—and tap the information ℹ️ , scroll down, and select delete.

That response was written more than a year ago and it is not current anymore. Please see the updated instructions below:

If you are using iOS 14 then Go to Settings ➔ Calendar ➔ Accounts and under Accounts see if an unknown calendar account is listed. If it is then tap on it and then Delete account.

Note that it is not a virus. It is something that got added to your calendar because you may have accepted an offer from a pop-up on a website unknowingly. Please be careful out there.

Axel F

marika208 wrote:

Hi, I need help not getting it.

Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone

If you get unwanted calendar invitations or event notifications, you might have accidentally subscribed to a spam calendar. To remove the events, delete the calendar subscription.

How to remove calendar spam on your iPhone in iOS 14.6 or later

1. Open the Calendars app. 
2. Tap the unwanted Calendar event.
3. Tap Unsubscribe from this Calendar at the bottom of the screen.
4. To confirm, tap Unsubscribe. 

How to remove calendar spam on your iPhone in earlier versions of iOS

1. Open the Calendar app.
2. At the bottom of the screen, tap Calendars.
3. Look for a calendar that you don't recognize. Tap the More Info button  next to that calendar, then scroll down and tap Delete Calendar.

If this doesn't fix the issue, delete the calendar subscription in Settings:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Calendar > Accounts. Or if you use iOS 13, tap Passwords & Accounts > Accounts instead.
3. Tap Subscribed Calendars.
4. Look for a calendar that you don't recognize. Tap it, then tap Delete Account.

Learn more

• Learn how to recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams.
• Hide or delete a calendar from your Gmail or Google Calendar account.

LTabcdefg wrote:

Cannot find: settings—>passwords & accounts. Is this on iphone settings, or apple watch app settings? Thanks

Yeah; that is the path from iOS 13. In iOS 14 and (probably) iOS 15, see Settings > Calendar > Accounts

Or see the following link for info: Delete spam calendars and events on iPhone - Apple Support

Go to settings-calendar-accounts and you’ll see an unsolicited “subscribed calendar” account creeping in there. Delete it and you’ll be good