iPhone 11 showing virus notices and virus removal apps

My iPhone 11

sends notices of Virises in my phone. Tons of Virus removal apps show up but none are free; which Apple users say “Apple can’t have viruses “. Need help!



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Original Title: Remove Malware

iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Jul 14, 2025 3:28 PM

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Posted on Jul 14, 2025 3:36 PM

Whoever is trying to trick you by making you think that they have access to the data on your phone is trying to scam you. They have no idea what is on your phone.


All they want to do is trick you into buying software to fix a problem that does not exist on your phone.


Delete the messages or notices and do the same for any that you might see in the future.

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Jul 14, 2025 3:36 PM in response to rudolfo16

Whoever is trying to trick you by making you think that they have access to the data on your phone is trying to scam you. They have no idea what is on your phone.


All they want to do is trick you into buying software to fix a problem that does not exist on your phone.


Delete the messages or notices and do the same for any that you might see in the future.

Jul 14, 2025 4:17 PM in response to rudolfo16

My understanding is that iOS is highly sandboxed. Most apps do not have privileges to modify files containing other apps.


This means that "viruses" cannot spread, and that "virus removal" apps could not remove any viruses infecting your phone, even if there were any. Paying for an app to "remove viruses from your phone" is like paying for snake oil. It might benefit the snake oil salesman, but I don't see how it benefits the customer that much.

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