Software for locating and removing spyware

What is the best software protection that can locate and remove spyware?




iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Feb 16, 2026 4:47 AM

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Feb 16, 2026 5:14 AM in response to deangelisgina

on a computer there are tons of ways to install new software apps or spyware there it may make sense to run some scanner once in awhile


on an ios device the only! means to install software on the device is apples app store, so only way you could get spyware on your non jailbroken ios device would be if the apps in app store had spyware in them, and they would likely be scanned by apples app store process system.

Also the nature of the sandbox that mean each app can't affect the rest of the system then the spyware would only work within the app in question


App Sandbox | Apple Developer Documentation

Feb 16, 2026 10:07 AM in response to deangelisgina

deangelisgina wrote:

I found a voice mail in my voice memos telling me “…a burglar was outside.” Not my voice. How could they do this?


Anyone could call you and leave a voicemail like that. Including someone who thought that a burglar was outside, and meant to call a relative, but who dialed a wrong number.


How the recording got from voicemail into your voice memos, I'm not sure, but if someone was spying on you, the last thing they would want to do is to call your attention to the fact with a recording like that.

Feb 16, 2026 10:53 AM in response to Servant of Cats

Actually, the goal for the last 22 months has been to make me uncomfortable in my own skin, my own home, my own City. That kind of voice memo is certainly “more of the same” that I have been living through. It is definitely some kind of retribution or pay back from someone who may feel I gave wronged them. They know I am freaked out by the constant stalking and are just adding to it…

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