"Happy Birthday" calendar event virus?

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"Happy Birthday" calendar event virus?

I have an event called "Happy Birthday" on my actual birthday in September on my iPad calendar. Somehow, it's growing. I know have 25 events on my calendar on the same day and a new one appears each time I check.

It says its from "Contacts" with an email of a bunch of letters and numbers then @virtual.

I can't delete these events. I also don't want to remove this calendar as it's got too much work-related events.

I've also just noticed it's done this on 2011 and 2013 but no other year.

Is this a virus? Can anyone help get this removed?

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Nov 25, 2012 6:18 AM

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Nov 25, 2012 6:23 AM in response to dazegoonboy

There are no known viruses that affect iOS. If your iPad calendar is synced to some other calendar (e.g. Google), that calendar could possibly be compromised.

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Nov 25, 2012 6:28 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

That's the thing, I've looked at my Google calendar(s) and none of them have these events on them.

I think it's unlikely that the Google calendars have been compromised, unless its from the iPad itself.

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Nov 25, 2012 6:31 AM in response to dazegoonboy

Since it's not a virus on your iPad, we'll have to look at other possibilities. Have you tried blocking that email sender in your email program? Do you have any kind of app on your phone that keeps track of birthdays or holidays? Do you have any app in Facebook that reminds you of your friends' birthdays?

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Nov 25, 2012 6:45 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

I have the Facebook app, which put it's birthdays onto the calendar as it takes them as contacts...

I don't have any other apps "within" Facebook that do reminders.

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Nov 25, 2012 6:47 AM in response to dazegoonboy

What about on your phone? Have you tried blocking that sender? Have you tried resetting your iPad (may do nothing but it can't hurt)? Do you have such a contact in your Contacts? If so, did you delete it?

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Nov 25, 2012 6:59 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

I don't have an iPhone. I have an Android phone linked to all the same accounts and calendars. I checked it anyway and didn't find any "happy birthday" or this contact.

I can't find this contact anywhere, in fact. It's only on the calendar app.

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Nov 25, 2012 7:39 AM in response to dazegoonboy

Sorry, I meant iPad not iPhone. Forgot which forum I was in.

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Nov 25, 2012 8:15 AM in response to dazegoonboy

Hi guys,

I think I've found a solution. I went to https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect and turned off the contacts birthday calendar from syncing. I then went into settings for my calendars and turned them all off as well as my contacts. I then checked the contacts had been deleted from the device and the calendar was also gone. I then closed both the calendar and contacts apps, and then turned the calendar and contacts back on in the settings app. Duplicates are now gone!

Hope it works for you as we'll. even if you don't show a birthday calendar go ahead and update the I formation at this link and it may still fix the problem. My friend did have the calendar but repeated birthdays were still gone once she updated at this link.

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