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jhanunga Author

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Virus pop-up on iPhone

I recently got a pop up while browsing on Safari that said something along the lines of "You have 27 detected viruses ... you are at risk of losing contacts, damaging SIM Card."

The pop up could only be closed by pressing "Remove all Viruses" -- which directed me to the App Store where I was led to an app that would remove the viruses. I did not download the app, but did press the pop-up.

I know this is scam, but am I still at risk because I DID press on the pop up?

Thanks so much.

iPhone 5s

Posted on Apr 5, 2020 10:46 PM

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Shammy0313

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Posted on May 11, 2020 5:24 PM

i was on a website which told me i needed to download a vpn traffic App asap within 2 minutes or my phone is at risk of battery damage and losing content due to malware, how do i remove it? Or is this too false

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