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Alert pop up "your phone has been hacked"

I clicked on an add for shopping, and an alert said that my "phone has been hacked, 17% or something has been taken." Then said I had a minute or something to download an app called "online barrier" like a VPN? Is this all a scam, even the app? I was scared so I downloaded the app and tried it. I looked up similar questions and people said it was a scam! How can I stop it…

it keep popping on my screen

iPad

Posted on Feb 21, 2023 5:51 AM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2023 6:02 AM

Unless you're connecting directly to a business for security purposes, a VPN is generally useless. It is not any kind of AV software. For almost all users, a VPN has no real use.


https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29

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Alert pop up "your phone has been hacked"

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