I was playing a game that I downloaded through the app store and all of a sudden an external browser opened that said scanning for viruses. The page had a loading bar and was counting through numbers, i deleted the browser and closed Safari and thats when 2 beeps came through my phone. Anyone know what this was?
iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 17
I was playing a game that I downloaded through the app store and all of a sudden an external browser opened that said scanning for viruses.
You were playing a game, but an external browser did not open. What happened was the "pop up" played a video that was designed to trick you into thinking it was a browser running a scan on your iPhone.
The purpose of the video was to trick you into buying junk software to solve a problem that your phone does not have.
You should know that the game company was paid by the scammers to have the pop up appear. The game company was trying to generate extra revenue for themselves at your expense.
If you want to continue playing the game, you will likely see more "pop ups" from other scammers trying to put your money into their pockets.
I was playing a game that I downloaded through the app store and all of a sudden an external browser opened that said scanning for viruses.
You were playing a game, but an external browser did not open. What happened was the "pop up" played a video that was designed to trick you into thinking it was a browser running a scan on your iPhone.
The purpose of the video was to trick you into buying junk software to solve a problem that your phone does not have.
You should know that the game company was paid by the scammers to have the pop up appear. The game company was trying to generate extra revenue for themselves at your expense.
If you want to continue playing the game, you will likely see more "pop ups" from other scammers trying to put your money into their pockets.
well apparently the game launched a URL to a webpage which made a popup telling you that it was scanning for viruses, something of cause webservers do not have the ability to access on random clients visiting the website
if you can reproduce that the game really do this then they would likely be in violation of app store rules in which case you can report the game
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You were most assuredly playing a "free" game, right? How do you suppose the app developer who provided the game makes any money by giving you a game you didn't pay a dime to use? They do it through "in-app purchases" and being paid by scammers to try to trick you into buying software/tools, for issues you don't have. If you want to avoid such popups going forward, don't use free games, which partner with scammers. Or, if you like the game enough, they likely offer a paid version, which won't do what the free version does, so pay for the game, to help the app developer make some money to stay in business.
If you feel an unauthorized person/app is remotely using, controlling or monitoring your device, then that is possible only if you have done one or more of the following Don'ts...
If one of the above is true then quickly change the Apple ID Password and Return iPhone settings to their defaults.
Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.
iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware *** unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed them on your device or/and have Jailbroken.
It (Hacking) also depends on how careful you are in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.
Be judicious when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.
**The primary reason for this is Sandboxing. All third-party apps are “sandboxed”, so they are restricted from accessing files stored by other apps or from making changes to the device. Sandboxing is designed to prevent apps from gathering or modifying information stored by other apps.
Security of runtime process in iOS and iPadOS - Apple Support
The sandbox on an iPhone is a security feature that creates a restricted environment for each app to run in isolation from other apps and the operating system. It is a core component of iOS's security architecture and plays a crucial role in making iPhones more secure.
If you doubt the authenticity of the information provided earlier, you have two alternatives:
Is this app trying to hack into my phone?
