How do you remove a virus from iphone4

Unless you've jailbroken your phone, there are no viruses.

Clearly you're wrong because I too have an issue and my iPhone has never been jailbreaked. Instead of saying stupid remarks, how about some real answers?

First off, our phones are not jailbroken. The following message keeps popping up on my wife's iphone 4: "VWD cannot verify the identity of br1iv.myvzw.com" with the 3 choices:Cancel;(cancels it temporarily)Details;(Says it's a BAD website)Continue,(I don't dare press this one), randomly. Even when not in use. Safari is not in use. This makes me think it has a virus or malware of some sort.How do I get rid of it?

Thanks for your help!

I'll repeat what Kappy said (almost 2 years ago) so you understand it.

There are no know viruses that can affect an iPhone that has not been jailbroken, period.

The message you are seeing has nothing to do with a virus.

This is an issue directly related to the website you are visiting, by the looks of it Verizon Wireless. You can try clearing the Safari cache, by going into Settings->Safari->Clear History and Website Data. Then close Safari, by double clicking the home button, and swiping the screen shot up and off the screen.

Open Safari, and try again.

And I will say it one more time, It is not a virus. There are no known viruses that can affect non-jailbroken iPhones.

Okay thanks for your help.....on another note....all viruses are unknown until they're discovered. But I also asked if it could be malware or is that equally unknown? There used to be very few iPhone devices but their popularity have increased to a volume equaling desktop computers running windows. So, hackers will be targeting Apple's iOS eventually.

Regards,

B

bobgustx wrote:

Okay thanks for your help.....on another note....all viruses are unknown until they're discovered. But I also asked if it could be malware or is that equally unknown? There used to be very few iPhone devices but their popularity have increased to a volume equaling desktop computers running windows. So, hackers will be targeting Apple's iOS eventually.

Hackers have been trying for years. However, owing to the way iOS is set up, so that apps are isolated from each other (called "sandboxing"), it's very difficult.

bobgustx wrote:

all viruses are unknown until they're discovered.

That's the point, so far, none have been discovered that can affect non-jailbroken iOS devices . So even if there existed one, since no one knows about it, then how do you classify it as a virus? Or better yet, how would you expect to remove it in the remote chance you actually have it?

No viruses that can affect iOS devices currently are known to exist. . When one comes to light, you can be sure it will be pretty loudly broadcast.

Thanks for all the info! Turns out it was some sort of Malware. A youtube user recommended a free App called iCleaner which was very useful in eliminating my issue and speeding up my phone to it's original state. Thanks to all that replied!

iCleaner is only available for jailbroken devices. If your device has been jailbroken, you should restore it to factory settings to undo the jailbreak, as jailbroken iOS devices are highly susceptible to malware.