I was trying to get into a website then a message saying your phone is hacked take action now then press ok but I didn’t press I just closed the tabs
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18
You got lied to by an advertisement.
The lie worked, too.
That’s how these advertisements work.
How common scams and phishing works, too.
They manipulate you.
They use scary words to make you think this: YOU NEED TO ACT!
If you read anything using the scary words “hacker” or “virus” or “dark web”, assume whatever you’re reading is either entertainment, or an advertisement, until proven otherwise.
Somewhat amusingly, the app they’re probably lying about here — the app they’re advertising — doesn’t even solve the problem that the advertiser lied about here. But the app they’re usually lying about — the app they’re advertising — is probably a “coffee shop” VPN app, an app which will badly solves a problem you don’t have and a problem that hasn’t existed for a decade or so, but badly solves it in a way that allows your personally-identified network activity metadata to be available to advertisers.
As for your question, you very likely don’t have malware. (And a website cannot scan your iPhone.) iPhone has robust built-in security, which makes exploiting your iPhone very rather difficult, and the exploit tools involved are very expensive.
It’s much easier to exploit us, ourselves, with lies and fears or such that causes us want to do things that the advertisers want, and not our devices.
For another example of these lies and these fears, see the various discussions of the “pervert” sexploitation spam that’s being mass-mailed.
You got lied to by an advertisement.
The lie worked, too.
That’s how these advertisements work.
How common scams and phishing works, too.
They manipulate you.
They use scary words to make you think this: YOU NEED TO ACT!
If you read anything using the scary words “hacker” or “virus” or “dark web”, assume whatever you’re reading is either entertainment, or an advertisement, until proven otherwise.
Somewhat amusingly, the app they’re probably lying about here — the app they’re advertising — doesn’t even solve the problem that the advertiser lied about here. But the app they’re usually lying about — the app they’re advertising — is probably a “coffee shop” VPN app, an app which will badly solves a problem you don’t have and a problem that hasn’t existed for a decade or so, but badly solves it in a way that allows your personally-identified network activity metadata to be available to advertisers.
As for your question, you very likely don’t have malware. (And a website cannot scan your iPhone.) iPhone has robust built-in security, which makes exploiting your iPhone very rather difficult, and the exploit tools involved are very expensive.
It’s much easier to exploit us, ourselves, with lies and fears or such that causes us want to do things that the advertisers want, and not our devices.
For another example of these lies and these fears, see the various discussions of the “pervert” sexploitation spam that’s being mass-mailed.
All such messages are scams presented by criminals. Do not interact with the message or the sender.
The message was a scam that was trying to trick you into buying useless software....or worse....providing personal details.
You will see more messages like this, because there will always be scams.
Just ignore the message and delete it.
how do i know if my phone is hacked for sure after getting a warning from a websife?
