is this some kind of virus?

Probably you have accepted an offer or subscribed for a spam Calendar accidentally. Watch the GIF below to know how to unsubscribe. Look for an unknown Calendar on the device under subscribed calendars.

I don't know what anyone else is telling you or if any of it has helped.

Navigate to settings.

Scroll to Safari.

Find "Clear Website data and browsing"

Disable "Allow Pop Ups and Redirects"

It's a webpage designed to make you panic and think you have a virus in order to guide you to their "tech support" which will want you to either "sign into your Apple ID" which, if you pay close attention to the web address, will NOT be Apples log in page, if you attempted to log in to anything or provided any information about your Apple ID or personally identifying information, change Apple ID password, security questions and email password just to be safe. If not, they'll want you to install a screen sharing application which will allow them to remotely control your device to look at any information they may want/need OR they'll want you to pay for their "tech support" services. DO NOT DO THIS.

Apple tech support is always free.

It's not a "virus" but it is however, malware. If you have that application, delete it. If you have that website associated with the email address that you use as your Apple ID or the account you're using for Calendars, find the emails and near the very bottom in fine print you'll see "Unsubscribe". Unsubscribe from the service, emails.. remove yourself entirely from that malware.

I recommend Malwarebytes for iOS. You can find it in the App Store. It is highly revered by Apple and commonly used by Windows users as well.

Or it's very possible that while navigating IN Safari that he got a pop up asking him if he'd like to subscribe.. and like most people do, didn't bother reading it and just clicked "Okay" or "Accept" to make it disappear. It's likely that this was given permission to access Calendars by accepting permission requests by accident. Also, with them being as frequent as they are, they also look like emails that are being sent to the account they use in Calendars.

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It's not a "virus" but it is however, malware. If you have that application, delete it. If you have that website associated with the email address that you use as your Apple ID or the account you're using for Calendars, find the emails and near the very bottom in fine print you'll see "Unsubscribe". Unsubscribe from the service, emails.. remove yourself entirely from that malware.

No, that is one of the worse things you could do. Never, never, never “unsubscribe” from a service that you did not subscribe to. By clicking unsubscribe in a random email, you are telling the scammers that the email address is active, and waiting for more spam.

I didn't say they needed Malwarebytes to remove it, I said I recommend Malwarebytes. I reccomend it because it will block deceptive content, sites, downloads and permission requests while browsing Safari.

LOL! How do you know this person did not subscribe to something unknowingly? Perhaps they signed up for something else and didn't bother reading the fine print about how they agree to receive emails from affiliated companies such as this? No one ever bothers to read the fine print or ToS. I've been a tech support adviser for 4 years. It's not as simple as "Unsubscribing from notifications in Calendars" that's simply ignoring they root of the problem until it finds it's way back in. If the source is app permissions, delete the app. If it was done through Safari, clear website data and history. Signed up for a free account, porn, free streaming service, etc and didn't bother reading the fine print? Unsubscribe from unknown emails and report the sender as spam or fraud. It's a simple as that. Don't want it to happen again? Stay away from unsecured sites and stay with established sites (i.e. http:// and https://), stop clicking on ads, read the pop-ups and stop signing up for goofball stuff if you aren't going to read what you're getting yourself into. This is not rocket science.

Do me a favor.. do you have an iPhone? If so.. go to your Calendar app and tell me if it is associated with an iCloud or another email service. Gmail? Yahoo. Yeah, it is.. which means that "secured-cleaner" is sending emails to the account attached to the calendar and the sender is marking them as an "Event" in order to send them to not only the email but their device directly as well. Where do you think they accepted the "send notifications" from? Perhaps a pop-up in Safari? MAYBE it's not even associated with the device itself! Maybe the user is using their Gmail in calendars and they have a Windows computer and installed a program on their computer, maybe they just considered it but had already entered their information, and used the same Gmail email account to sign up and now it's sending them emails to that account which are coming through on a totally unrelated device because the emails are being sent as AN EVENT. There are so many scenarios in which this could happen, wouldn't you agree it's better safe than sorry? I mean, I'm just trying to provide useful information and tips on how to stop this and how to keep it from occurring again

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IT SAYS "Announcement: How to unsubscribe from calendars on your iPhone. If you get unwanted calendar invites or event notifications on your iPhone, learn what to do."

The reason the link was posted is because when asking this question, the person who submitted it chose one of the very few options they provide about what your question relates to.

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You are being totally ridiculous, and you have no idea what you are talking about. This is a simple problem with a simple solution.

The root of the problem is that there is a rogue calendar that was installed on the phone, probably by clicking on a free offer in an app or on a webpage. Deleting the rogue calendar fixes it.

See the answer from Alex F. at Spam in my calendar - Apple Community

Click the link from Apple at the top of this page to find the fix.

He isn't in Safari.

He is in Calenders.

He accepted a sketchy invite or had one placed in his calendar by WhatsApp or Facebook.

They don't need Malwarebytes to remove.

All they need to do is follow the steps Apple has posted at the link at the top of this page.

With it being from the "Secured-Cleaner" it looks like it was either an app that was downloaded or a website that was visited and gained permissions.