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Hi, I have an iphone13 pro max. Today I received an sms message asking "how are you?" I replied "I don't know this number who are you?" Next thing I received was a picture of a woman saying Hi, I am Alice." I never click on any links or pictures from any spam messages. But this picture popped up against my will. So will this infect my iphone?
iPhone 13 Pro Max
See the Apple articles below:
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Detect and block spam phone calls
Detect and block spam phone calls - Apple Support
So will this infect my iphone?
No.
You can call your carrier, they will block that number.
See the Apple articles below:
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams
Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Detect and block spam phone calls
Detect and block spam phone calls - Apple Support
So will this infect my iphone?
No.
You can call your carrier, they will block that number.
CT2022 wrote:
Hi, I have an iphone13 pro max. Today I received an sms message asking "how are you?" I replied "I don't know this number who are you?" Next thing I received was a picture of a woman saying Hi, I am Alice." I never click on any links or pictures from any spam messages. But this picture popped up against my will. So will this infect my iphone?
No, you block the number and then delete the text.
Thank you for clearing that out but can you be more elaborate? I want to figure out how the Iphone behaves. She sent me a picture in the messages, this picture pops out in the messages, I see the picture, this means the iphone processed this picture. So if this photo was infected what does the iphone do to make this ineffective? Or it doesn’t work that way? I just want to understand how the process works to take precautions. Thank you.
CT2022 wrote:
Thank you for all these relieving replies. So as I understand iphone has a different defense mechanism unlike android or windows and not easily infected. Thank you.
Bingo... unless you've jailbroken (google it ) or modified your iphone.
CT2022 wrote:
So will this infect my iphone?
There is nothing that can infect your phone, even if you accidentally click a suspicious link.
Thank you for all these relieving replies. So as I understand iphone has a different defense mechanism unlike android or windows and not easily infected. Thank you.
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