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Calendar spam

Dear Sir/Madam


It seems that my Iphone was infected with viruses. It is

written that my phone visited **** sites and that is is infected with 129

viruses and that my password, data and photos are at risk. now in calendar is

some link on the bottom for scan my phone for viruses and I am not sure if this

link is legal from your side or is it some fake link which download more

viruses :(

Please help me how can I block calendar SPAM and remove

viruses as soon as possible.


in the calendar I have additional warms that my viber has to

be updated- I updated app but messages are still in calendar. It seems I have

big problems with calendar :(


I am kindly asking you to answer me as soon as possible

since I am realy afriad for all my data.


Thank you very much.


Kind regards


Laura


[Edited by Moderator]

Posted on May 14, 2021 12:58 AM

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May 14, 2021 1:00 AM in response to laurap86

iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jail Break
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


May 14, 2021 12:59 AM in response to laurap86

Are you seeing something as shown in the pic below? This is neither a hack nor a virus. It is spam and you can get rid of it. Read below...


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


Calendar spam

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