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Your device is currently infected with a Trojan virus. Immediately install. Is this a scam

Important notice: your device is currently infected with a Trojan Virus. Install Is this a scam




iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 5:47 AM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2020 6:22 AM

The idiot who created this message, email, web page or popup obviously doesn't know there's no such thing as a Trojan Virus. It's one or the other. Two entirely different types of malware.


Anyway yes, a complete scam. The main reason I responded was to ask what the scam is insisting you install. There have been a number of these over the past year or so where the scam is to get you to purchase a specific, useless software title from the App Store. We fellow users (level 6 or higher) have been reporting these to the forum hosts so they can move it up the chain to get the app and developer banned from the App Store.

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Oct 27, 2020 6:22 AM in response to Retfla

The idiot who created this message, email, web page or popup obviously doesn't know there's no such thing as a Trojan Virus. It's one or the other. Two entirely different types of malware.


Anyway yes, a complete scam. The main reason I responded was to ask what the scam is insisting you install. There have been a number of these over the past year or so where the scam is to get you to purchase a specific, useless software title from the App Store. We fellow users (level 6 or higher) have been reporting these to the forum hosts so they can move it up the chain to get the app and developer banned from the App Store.

Your device is currently infected with a Trojan virus. Immediately install. Is this a scam

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