How to remove virus from iPhone 14 Plus?

How come I can’t get virus off of my iPhone 14 Plus and I have been trying to get help but no one wants to help me and I getting frustrated and upset.


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iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 6, 2024 12:01 PM

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Posted on Mar 6, 2024 12:19 PM

What makes you think that your iPhone has a virus?


It's kind of hard for a virus to spread itself on a platform that is so tightly firewalled that apps normally would not be able to modify each other's files. If you have to install "VirusApp" manually, and even then, it can't spread infection to other apps, it's not much of a virus.


It is much more likely that you are getting scam e-mails, text messages, notifications, etc. claiming that you have a virus, than that you actually have one. Such scam messages are an attempt to panic you and get you to buy some program that you don't need … or worse, to deliver your financial information into the hands of criminals posing as "technical support" people.

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Mar 6, 2024 12:19 PM in response to Cricket0123

What makes you think that your iPhone has a virus?


It's kind of hard for a virus to spread itself on a platform that is so tightly firewalled that apps normally would not be able to modify each other's files. If you have to install "VirusApp" manually, and even then, it can't spread infection to other apps, it's not much of a virus.


It is much more likely that you are getting scam e-mails, text messages, notifications, etc. claiming that you have a virus, than that you actually have one. Such scam messages are an attempt to panic you and get you to buy some program that you don't need … or worse, to deliver your financial information into the hands of criminals posing as "technical support" people.

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