If a virus on your iPhone or anything and we get a pop up ad thing saying you got a virus saying it’s from apple telling us to go to the Apple store and download a vpn and remove the virus is it from you guy telling us to do that or it a scam

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iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Feb 16, 2021 2:46 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 2:48 PM

All such messages are scams from criminals. Close the offending page and avoid sites that are involved in such bogus advertising tactics. Never, never, never download anything based on a popup message.

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If a virus on your iPhone or anything and we get a pop up ad thing saying you got a virus saying it’s from apple telling us to go to the Apple store and download a vpn and remove the virus is it from you guy telling us to do that or it a scam

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