iPhone Calendar Virus

Last week I went onto a movie site and I clicked the wrong thing and somehow ended up with this (photo attached) in my calendar. I know if I click on the link I’m probably doomed so I haven’t. there is no option for me to delete these events or edit the calendar subscriptions to them like you can with any other event or calendar. They’re just stuck there it seems and they pop up every day and won’t stop. I can’t mute the Event reminders and because it remakes or adds them in two day increments. I’ve looked Online for hours and nothing seems to help because it doesn’t let me delete anything. I don’t think it’s spam like most posts say to people because I cannot remove anything. Help



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Posted on Mar 7, 2020 8:03 PM

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Posted on Dec 7, 2021 1:50 PM

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

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May 5, 2021 7:42 PM in response to blainek17

This article is actually really helpful I was worried it would be a hyper link to a scam website but it was in fact an official link to apple’s website about this issue. When I first started getting these(about an hour ago) I thought it might be from cookies so I deleted all my history. When that didn’t help I deleted all the apps I downloaded recently. Then I looked through my accounts and passwords and deleted one that seemed odd and unfamiliar 👆as the previous person said to do👆 Then when that didn’t work I tried this - I had deleted the calendar app thinking that would help btw- so then I looked through my calendars and they seems normal accept for one and what was strange was that I actually had an option to delete it and it had strange font at the top. So if you’re ever having this issue look through your calendars and if one of them has a strange font you should probably delete it. Thanks luvs <3

Jul 19, 2021 12:01 PM in response to MrHoffman

I guess thanks for this reply.


Yes, I’ve paid heavily for launching an URL from a friend and not watching what I was doing or had my big fingers on the screen as the link launched. Yes, I must of hit okay, but I don’t remember doing it.


This will be my last post on the issue & I’m only writing it to save someone else time.


What I’m trying to get across, but apparently not well is the standard fix for iOS 14 didn’t work until I deleted the Calendar app from my screen. After reinstalling Calendar app, I could then delete the #%^* annoying calendar.

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