How do i get rid of a iPhone Virus?

I am having similar behavior with a new iPhone 5s. Suddenly the phone was launching new programs, typing in Safari's URL entry window, changing prefs in the settig window. I'm just sitting there watching this happen. The phone was plugged into AC power. As I forced quit programs, new ones would launch themselves. I tried to shut down the phone, but I couldn't slide the red ribbon sideways to shut the phone down. Eventually I did. When I rebooted, I couldn't enter my PIN because I would press one button, and another one would depress on the screen. Prees 0 and 4 would be entered.

I brought it in to Apple and a genius made me reset to the original OS with no non-start-up apps. I did, and the behavior returned. I brought it back and they thought that the touch screen was defective. They swapped the phone.

I just uploaded all my apps to the new phone, and a day later I'm watching a podcast in Safari and suddenly the podcast stops and I see typing in the Safari URL entry window. I see apps opening and I see random typing in random apps. Again, the phone is plugged into AC power.

This is a second phone. I just deleted non-Apple apps and we'll see what happens. So if no viruses exist, and this is only a oftware bug, one program can open another and start typing.

Has anyone heard of this behavior?

Dont believe everything you are told. You CAN get a virus on a non jailbroken iOS device its already been proven at a Security Symposium, listen here if you need proof

https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity13/technical-sessions/paper/wang _tielei

An app that was a test virus was uploaded and passed to the iOS app store. This explains how it was done.

And it was also caught and deleted almost immediately. So we shouldn't believe everything we are told, but it's OK for you to?

And this has nothing to do with the OP's problem, which is not related to a virus.

Please try going to: Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings

Please respond after trying this.

good luck

I followed this, it wasnt caught and deleted immediately, there was nothing to trace it. The originators of the app notifed Apple and explained the app and there findings, it was then removed. Listen to the whole broadcast they even said it in there. Some of the vunerabilities they uncovered are still there in iOS7, some are locked down.

So you believe everything you see on the Internet. Most interesting.

There are no viruses for iOS

You could download iOS from the app store and install all over again

No, I believe findings published by an organisation sponsored by IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, NSF and Google to name a few. They are also industry partners to many large tech firms and have members are from major universities around the globe (click the link provided and then scroll down to the bottom). The findings were broadcast on the web, they didnt originate there. Interesting indeed.

Jekyll is old news. It was not a virus, it was simply an approved app that changed behavior. Note that this app was still sandboxed, as are all App Store apps, so it couldn't do any of the things ascribed to the mythical "iPhone virus" mentioned in topics like this one. It could only access personal information within the framework of the iPhone's security, requiring permission from the user first. Once you have granted an app access to your information, of course, that app can transmit it somewhere. There's not much Apple can do to prevent that without crippling all apps.

Two times this week, once when using instaweather and once when visiting a familymembers blogg I got the message that I had won a lot of money if i only would....something, something.... Isn't that a virus? As I said, I've only seen it twice but......

No, that is not a virus. It is simply an ad.

I am currently having issues with a.tribalfusion.com which opens up another page with an ad to click to lower my life insurance. I'm relieved that its not a virus as everyone claims viruses don't exist for the iphone but it is spyware so how do I get rid of it? It started all of a sudden a week ago. When I search on the web I get all kinds of help for a desktop computer but nothing for an iphone. Yes, I've erased all cookies, yes I've erased all data and restored from an old backup from a year ago and yes it still comes up. So since spyware does exist for the iphone, how do I get rid of it?

The only solution is to not use the website if you don't like the links it hosts. Or contact the webmaster and complain. You can go to Settings/Safari and turn on Block Popups. That will stop some of them. But any site that does this is not to be trusted.

I did contact the webmaster already. It is not a link they host and no one else has had this issue. I did turn on Block Popups already. And frequent delete cookies and data.

I have done all this. What I need is information on how to remove this spyware from my iPhone.

It isn't spyware on your iPhone unless you, or someone else, has jailbroken your iPhone. It is possible that your router has been hijacked.

You can follow the suggestions given here about resetting, restoring, etc. but there is no software available that removes spyware from a phone as there is no spyware to remove. If you suspect your iPhone has been jailbroken by someone else you can put it in DFU mode and Restore it as a new iPhone. This will remove everything from the iPhone.