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Hello, today I received an email from my Uni with a file which I clicked and the page didn’t load. At all. I tried to load the attachment trough my macbook but it didn’t safari didn’t load it either. My question is do I infected both my phone and my computer or that the pages didn’t load means I didn’t get the virus.

ps. I received a second email from my uni telling me the first one was containing a virus

iPhone XS, iOS 13

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 10:11 AM

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Dec 1, 2020 10:16 AM in response to idk1468

idk1468 wrote:

Hello, today I received an email from my Uni with a file which I clicked and the page didn’t load. At all. I tried to load the attachment trough my macbook but it didn’t safari didn’t load it either. My question is do I infected both my phone and my computer or that the pages didn’t load means I didn’t get the virus.
ps. I received a second email from my uni telling me the first one was containing a virus




Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls ...




If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:


>System Preferences>Profiles click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list. (This Preference pane will not be present if no profiles found.)


Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/

or

Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box


Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)



In General—

Power Cycle your router

Disable any VPN or Proxy servers you are using

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/Anti-Virus

Do a safe boot if necessary  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262


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