Does the iPhone 15 come with virus and malware protections or is that a product you need to purchase

No, messages or emails like this are scams that are trying to trick you into believing there is a problem with your phone to they can sell you useless software that will nothing to help your phone. Delete the messages or emails snd keep working.

1. The protection is built into the OS and free with the unit.

2. Those messages are always fake, unless you manually sent the other person a file which had malware.

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