phishing on iPhone

Anti-virus, even if it could work on an iPhone, wouldn't protect you from phishing. Only your common sense can do that. Phishing emails and pop-ups can't do anything unless you let them.

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

razercred249 wrote:

Well I guess that was two questions. The second one is does Apple have an additional antivirus they recommend

There are no viruses that can affect an un-jailbroken iPhone. All the other current forms of malware that I know of are ones that you would need to install yourself. Admittedly, malefactors can be very clever about tricking you into doing that, but no software is really going to protect you from that. It already sounds like you know what a phishing attempt looks like. So, remain vigilant.

Also, keep your system software up to date. Almost every update contains security fixes.

Phishing attempts on iPhone. Pop up stating my phone was infected with mumbo jumbo on how to fix it. Deleted. Saw similar attempts on this website in 22. Is it Apples stance still that we do not need anti malware software on apple devices?

Hello,

It seems that you got a fake pop up message regarding a "problem" on your computer.

Apple and other tech companies will never:

• ask you to call a number in legitimate error messages
• send unsolicited messages for tech support or request info
• ask you to pay using gift cards or cryptocurrency
• tell you that you won a prize

Antivirus software cannot prevent phishing—only your common sense can do that.

Learn more on how to recognize scams and report them here: Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams

User Tip: Phony "tech support" / "ransomware" popups and web pages by John Galt

You do not need anti-malware software and it would not stop phishing attempts.

No.