iPhone email - Suspected malicious .eml attachment

I opened an email on my iPhone - from my gmail account setup on the general iPhone email app - which had an .eml attachment.

When I "clicked" on the email, it immediately displayed the .eml file. I did not click any links and have deleted it now but wondered if it is possible it infected my iPhone ?

Thanks,

iPhone 11, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 8, 2022 12:16 PM

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1 reply

deggie

Level 10

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Apr 8, 2022 12:17 PM in response to hubert182

If you aren't jailbroke and you are running iOS 15.4.1 then you are not infected.

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iPhone email - Suspected malicious .eml attachment

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