On my phone 15 .. I was on Facebook when I got a notice from Apple saying my phone has been hacked. At the same time I got a notice from Google saying there are 2 virus on the phone and to get VPN Carefull Proteection from the App Store.
What should I do ??
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iPad mini 6, iPadOS 17
They are just scams that you can thank Facebook for as they got paid to present that fake ad to you. Just ignore it and move along. The ads attempt to scare you into purchasing software to fix a problem you do not have. You do not need a VPN and you will not get a virus on your iPhone.
They are just scams that you can thank Facebook for as they got paid to present that fake ad to you. Just ignore it and move along. The ads attempt to scare you into purchasing software to fix a problem you do not have. You do not need a VPN and you will not get a virus on your iPhone.
You did NOT get a notice from Apple; you got a notice from a criminal hoping you would be naive enough to think it came from Apple and that your iPhone had been hacked and had viruses. There are no known iPhone viruses, and there never have been any. At best it is to get you to buy useless software. See→Avoid phishing emails, fake ‘virus‘ alerts, phony support calls, and other scams and watch this video:
How to identify, avoid, and report phishing — Apple Support - YouTube
Apple will never send a message like this, so whatever you saw was not from Apple.
You saw scam messages that are trying to trick you into buying useless software that will do nothing to help your phone......but it will help to line the pockets of the scammers who sell this type of junk.
Ignore and delete any messages like this that you might see.
That’s a scam, phishing attempt. Apple does not do pop up messages like that. Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
Is my iPhone compromised with virus?
