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Q: How do i get rid of a iPhone Virus?

I have now for the second time a strange virus on my Iphone 5, iOs 6.1.4 It opens randomly the pre-installed apple apps like Newsstand, Settings, Notes etc. and changes settings there. The first time I had it, it sent a message with "awkward" to one of my contacts. This time it changed my wallpaper. I haven't jailbreaked my iPhone. How do I get rid of this ****? It seems to help to switch the Wifi off. A reset of the settings did work the first time but not now. Thanks for your help!

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Aug 12, 2013 3:28 AM

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Jun 25, 2014 3:55 PM in response to Jon P
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    Jun 25, 2014 3:55 PM in response to Jon P

    So far everything that Snowden has publish about what the NSA can do to an iPhone is so far out of date it funny. Apple has patch the hole years ago. The other things is the black hat guys must have physical possession of your iPhone to do all of the nefarious deeds. I don't know about you but I certainly am not giving my iPhone to anyone never mind a black hatter.

  • by Jon P,

    Jon P Jon P Jun 25, 2014 4:06 PM in response to deggie
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    Jun 25, 2014 4:06 PM in response to deggie

    deggie wrote:

     

    No, we can't end it yet. I have read what is out there. The NSA did say they could install an app if they physically had access to the iPhone (and this was back on iOS 5). They were then going to look at doing it remotely. There is absolutely NO evidence they pursued it any further, no evidence that is worked on later versions and Apple has categorically denied that ANY NSA software was placed on the iPhone and that they DID NOT give the NSA to any backend access.

     

    Anything you are stating is not based on research it is based on pure speculation.

    Then you have missed some recent documents. Go create a google alert for the topic if you are so interested in the topic. If you want to know go find it.

     

    My original reply was to the guy who thought he had malware. I do not think he did. I think less technically savvy people have a tendency to imagine the worst.

     

    I will not debate this topic with you because it's pointless. If you want to believe what you believe then do so. I am not trying to convince you. If you have concerns then do your own research instead of asking for someone else to prove something to you (in the middle of a discussion about whether or not a person had malware on his iPhone). Again. I don't think his issue was malware. Why don't you give him your opinion too and be done with it, instead of taking it into a political scope. This isn't the place for that.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jun 25, 2014 4:07 PM in response to Jon P
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    Jun 25, 2014 4:07 PM in response to Jon P

    Jon P wrote:

     

    Like I said. Within the last month there was a document released that was a list of the "services" they could perform. iPhone was on it.

     

    Yes, the iPhone was "on it." Unfortunately, you seem to have missed what was actually said, or did not fully understand it. The capabilities of the Hacking Team software do work on an iPhone - a jailbroken iPhone, on which the software has been installed by someone with physical access.

     

    People talk about Snowden documents and the like all the time, but most of those people have never read more than a synopsis - written by someone else who may or may not have actually read them - of a handful of them. Don't be one of those.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Jun 25, 2014 4:08 PM in response to Jon P
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    Jun 25, 2014 4:08 PM in response to Jon P

    You were the one who brought up the political scope. Allan Eckert has it correct, there is nothing new regarding the iPhone and I do keep up and do my own research.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jun 25, 2014 4:19 PM in response to deggie
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    Jun 25, 2014 4:19 PM in response to deggie

    deggie wrote:

     

    Snowden never said they could remotely install software onto an iPhone

     

    Actually, Snowden said exactly that in his recent TV interview. The statement drew much laughter, ridicule and scorn from the security community, who all knew that this was not a statement backed up by any of the documents he stole, nor is it possible by any means they are aware of.

     

    Perhaps Snowden's meaning in that interview was misunderstood, or perhaps he simply doesn't understand crap about the stuff he has revealed, or maybe he's just crazy. I don't know. What I do know is that that particular statement, as I understood it, was blatantly false.

  • by Bigapples,

    Bigapples Bigapples Jun 25, 2014 5:39 PM in response to thomas_r.
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    Jun 25, 2014 5:39 PM in response to thomas_r.

    Yes my concerns do hinge on Apple's cooperation (whether voluntarily or not).

     

    The kicker here is that - Would apple be prevented from reporting any such cooperation by a gag order?

     

    We all know that happens - most of the big players including Apple, Microsoft and Google have all admitted similar gagging orders.

  • by lizdance40,

    lizdance40 lizdance40 Jun 25, 2014 6:43 PM in response to Jon P
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    Jun 25, 2014 6:43 PM in response to Jon P

    So what.

    the NSA has only one reason to snoop: it finds a pattern of suspicious activity.  

     

    I Have no problem with what the NSA or  Snowden did.

      I am baffled that anyone was surprised at the scope of the NSA snooping. 

    Equally baffling, is the NSA's assertion that Snowden leaked information we didn't already at least suspect.

     

     

    if the end result is the prevention of another 9/11, more power to them.  

    Meanwhile, I hope they enjoy my Facebook page.

  • by XP45,

    XP45 XP45 Jun 25, 2014 7:03 PM in response to lizdance40
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    Jun 25, 2014 7:03 PM in response to lizdance40

    The NSA may be reading this, but I'm not. Unsubscribing ...

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jun 26, 2014 3:21 AM in response to Bigapples
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    Jun 26, 2014 3:21 AM in response to Bigapples

    Would apple be prevented from reporting any such cooperation by a gag order?

     

    Now you're talking about something completely different. You're no longer talking about malware on an iPhone. Thus, this is probably not the right place for such a discussion.

     

    However, I will point out that Apple is one of the only big companies out there to issue a "warrant canary" that would allow the public to determine whether they were being forced to operate under a gag order without them actually breaking the gag order by saying so. Pretty clever of Apple, I must say! See:

     

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/apples-first-transparency-report-gets-warr ant-canaries-right

  • by 2bosbo,

    2bosbo 2bosbo Oct 16, 2014 9:08 PM in response to thomas_r.
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    Oct 16, 2014 9:08 PM in response to thomas_r.

    Actually this thread is really disappointing for me.  I found this discussion searching for a cure for what I thought to be a iphone virus that was causing my iphone to execute programs, like flashlight and others, and run my battery down and then fail to charge.  Apparently no such virus exists so that must not be the problem.  Thats really bad news!  That must mean this cheap chinese piece of junk hardware must have sucked up another inextractable shirt pocket lint ball into the charging port and I am out another $300!!!

  • by modular747,

    modular747 modular747 Oct 16, 2014 9:28 PM in response to 2bosbo
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    Oct 16, 2014 9:28 PM in response to 2bosbo

    Lint in the charging port might  stop the phone from charging, but not do anything like you describe.  It's more likely to be this:

     

    Unauthorized modification of iOS can cause security vulnerabilities, instability, shortened battery life, and other issu…

  • by DeepakA73,

    DeepakA73 DeepakA73 Jul 10, 2015 12:20 AM in response to Eamonn0
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    Jul 10, 2015 12:20 AM in response to Eamonn0

    I am also seeing this Issue on my Ipad ... again it's not jailbreaked. Already tried clearing Safari browser history which is of no help.

     

    In case you have already resolved this problem, let me know how this got resolved?

     

    Thanks

    Deepak

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Jul 10, 2015 6:10 AM in response to DeepakA73
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    Jul 10, 2015 6:10 AM in response to DeepakA73

    Posting at the bottom of a thread that has been dead for nearly a year is certainly not the best way to get your question noticed. You really should start your own thread for your problem.

  • by kitkat2277,

    kitkat2277 kitkat2277 Oct 22, 2015 3:35 AM in response to SuperNMY
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    Oct 22, 2015 3:35 AM in response to SuperNMY

    I am currently experiencing issues with my iphone that I thought was a virus. However, after reading some of these comments I'm not so sure anymore. The issues I am having are as follows. My phone, ONLY when I am at work, opens up apps, my messages, siri you name it. It has also deleted messages right in front of my eyes. All this happened while I was looking at it and not touching my phone at all. If I am using it, sometimes it even kicks me out of what I'm doing and does its own this. It has gone into my pictures while I'm in the middle of a text message and sent pictures from my album without me doing anything. Or in Facebook (while using it) has shared things, liked things, deleted friends added new people I don't know. My phone is not jailbroken. So I'm wondering if it could be the wifi at my work? Now people have mentioned restoring my phone to factory settings. If I do this though, will I lose everything on my phone? Because apparently I cannot back it up now that it's doing this or else I end up just putting the problem back on again. I have very important information on my phone that I need to stay on here. So if I restore it how do I keep everything except the problem on my phone?

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Oct 22, 2015 8:37 AM in response to kitkat2277
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    Oct 22, 2015 8:37 AM in response to kitkat2277

    If you have not done so restore your iPhone from your backup first and see if that helps.

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