How do i get rid of a iPhone Virus?

OK, if it's not spyware then what is it? When I search for a.tribalfusion.com I get all kind of info about it being a nasty bit of spyware that is very hard to detect and very hard to get rid of. This phone has never been jailbroken. I appreciate all the virus/spyware denials but it's not helping.

It is a very old spyware application that ran on older versions of Windows.

If you are running a version of Windows XP or Windows Vista on your iPhone you should be concerned.

I'm still unclear on what you're seeing. If you're being redirected to a.tribalfusion.com when browsing a particular site, that site is doing it. Either it's a bad site or it has been hacked somehow.

If it's happening frequently, across a broad range of sites, including big-name sites that don't use advertising or redirects (like Apple.com, for example), then the issue is likely to be a problem with your network... perhaps a compromised router, perhaps DNS poisoning, perhaps something else.

See:

Eliminating browser redirects and advertisements

(Note that the information at that link was written with the Mac in mind, but most of the info is still applicable to the iPad or iPhone.)

Currently I have seen it with one site, but it happens so infrequently that it's hard to pin down. (Like once every other day.) Info I found previously said it was activated by certain sites that used the same kind of cookies (although it seems to happen more frequently right after I've deleted all cookies). So if it is the site, and not my phone, how is it that I'm the only one that has complained about it? The site in question is avsforum.com which is an A/V forum site, and is not some shady operation. I had been using this site for months with no issues, then about a week ago I started getting the redirects.

It is not my router as it happens both on wifi and AT&T cellular.

Is there any way I or Genius Bar could search what is on my phone to make sure there's nothing there? I don't see any way to even look at what cookies are on the iPhone.

It's that site, then. Forum software can be prone to such issues, since a forum is designed to accept input from users and then display it for other users. A malicious person can set up a fake user, then embed malicious code in their posts. This is very common. Unethical advertising outfits will farm out this kind of work to people whose jobs are just to sit there posting convincing-looking posts with hidden (or not-so-hidden) advertising over and over again on forums and in comment sections on blogs. You should see the spam that my own blog software filters out!

The Genius Bar won't search your phone. There's nothing for them to find, in the first place. Plus, they don't have the time or the expertise to do such a search, even if there were something to find. At most, they will advise you to wipe your phone back to factory settings, which would just be a complete waste of your time in this case.

I have now confirmed it is that site. One support chat with Apple, and they got the same redirect right away.

Thanks for your help. I have been losing sleep over this.

Glad to hear that!

I know this post is pretty old, but I have something to say to people arriving here with similar conditions. I have a retired iPhone 4 (now serves as iPod touch) that had screen detection issues. It had one column of sensor that would detect your "touch" from inches away. And by inches away I don't mean the wrong part of the screen, I mean it would happen when you weren't touching the screen at all, but just hovering your hand in the air over the phone. It seems that this individual could tell pretty well that this was not a detection issue, but if you are experiencing any issues similar to this, one troubleshooting step that you could take is to download a drawing application. One that you can doodle in. Open it up when the phone is acting up, and see if any patterns arise (mine was a solid thin vertical line through the right quarter of the screen that drew itself in as you passed your hand over it). If nothing comes up or it closes the application and opens others, then who knows what's going on, just start resetting things of escalating pertinence like OP did and hope for the best I guess...

Change the charging cable itshould work

Hello

i think it could be problem with your digitalizer.

its not software problem.Hardware problem.

Broken / bad digitalizer could behave like virus to some one

Vaclav Batko

My wife used to have this same problem when her phone was plugged in too. As soon as it was unplugged the behavior went away. I suspect there were inconsistent electrical impulses from the power source that rendered the screen inoperable. This only happened to us when it was plugged in to the car adaptor.

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Jamesmeyer wrote:

My wife used to have this same problem when her phone was plugged in too. As soon as it was unplugged the behavior went away. I suspect there were inconsistent electrical impulses from the power source that rendered the screen inoperable. This only happened to us when it was plugged in to the car adaptor.

That probably means a cheap or defective car adapter. Car electrical systems are very "noisy", full of spikes and dropouts. A good quality car adapter will filter them out; a cheap one won't.

every time i turn on my iphone5 i get a message "http://mobiupdate.net,,,,IMMEDIADE RESPONSE REQUIRED.... your phone has been exposed to a virus while browsing recent adult-orientated websites.

tap ok to Scan your phone for viruses"

i can accwss all programs except for safari as this message appears. do i tap ok?

Absolutely not, unless you like scams and identity theft web sites!

What to do:

Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies and Data, Clear History

Settings > Safari > Block Cookies > From third parties and advertisers

> Fraudulent Website Warning > ON