iOS Security warning that says "Your Apple iPhone may be infected with malicious Virus's"

• Open the Control Center by sliding your finger up from below the bottom of the screen.
• Turn on Airplane Mode
• Double-press the HOME button, find and close Chrome by sliding its screen image up
• Press HOME
• Open Chrome and tap the three dots at the top right and Close All Tabs
• Tap the 3 dots again, then tap Settings, Privacy, Clear Browsing Data
• Check Cookies, Site Data and Cached Images and Files, then tap Clear Browsing Data

You can then turn off Airplane Mode and you should be OK

I received one as well on my very old 2nd Gen iPad (iOS updates have all been done) it was an alert that looked very much like an Apple update, but I was working on my geneolgy website through safari when I noticed that the font slightly changed; looked bolder and just different. So when I saw the alert which read "your computer has a virus, click continue to fix" i am familiar with these kinds of phishing scams so I clicked cancel and "reset" my iPad. After relaunch, I got it two more time and a redirect to a software program to "clean my computer" ugh

I have a similar problem - a popup window in Chrome that says "This Apple iPhone is corrupted with virus and battery has been damaged! System has detected (4) viruses, etc..." I know to ignore this message, but my problem is I can't get it to go away. I've restarted my phone, but every time I open Chrome the same message comes up and I can't do anything to make it go away, short of clicking "OK" - which I don't want to do. I can't access any other buttons like settings, or even go backwards in my history. Can anyone help?

OK, I just solved my own problem by deleting, and then reinstalling Chrome on my phone. It was the only way to make this go away, and all seems to be well now. But it seems like there should be a less drastic solution.

Kian.ccfc wrote:

What do I do if I downloaded the app ?

Restore your phone using DFU mode and set up as New. If you have a backup from before you downloaded anything you can restore that backup. Otherwise you need to reinstall everything.

What I find so amusing, is how many of these misspell simple words, or use improper grammar. I guess a knowledge of the language you're hacking is not necessary? "Urgency Action" instead of "Urgent Action" and "virus have been detected" instead of a "a virus has been detected" or "viruses have been detected". lol The one I got today (posted below) said "WARNNING" instead of "WARNING".

I received this message on iphone when surfing on safari about post op recovery times. Who can I report it to? So that it can be looked into and stopped?

Here's what came up on my phone after clicking on a Facebook link:

As you realized the notice is fraudulent. As it came from costco's website you should try to let them know. Is there a possibility you mis-spelled the costco URL? It is common for scammers to register URLs that are similar to popular site names, a practice known as "typo-squatting". Note that the full URL at the top, where you were redirected, is a blank page. It may have been created and then cleared to send a bunch of scam posts. And cloudfront.net itself is not registered with DNS.

OK, here's a complex answer to a simple question. The vast majority of websites do not manage the ads that appear on them. Instead they subcontract this to agents who select and place the ads. So even a legitimate website is at the mercy of the agencies that place the ads, and some of them are not as thorough at vetting who buys their ads as they should be. So ads containing malware can sneak it. This has happened several times to Forbes, which is why I no longer visit forbes.com. Additionally, sometimes the agencies accept perfectly legitimate ads, then the advertiser is hacked and malware inserted into the ad. So even if you visit only highly respectable sites you may still encounter malware. Of course, if you visit less respectable sites you are almost certain to get malware.

It is also very common on FaceBook, who will take money from anyone, such as Russians who want to influence US elections.

That message certainly isn't from apple. It could be a notification from another app trying to get you to buy that Onavo app so they can make some money. Unless you have jailbroken your phone, you do not have a virus. When did you get that message and what were you doing on your phone?

You don't have a virus. You are being scammed by a phishing email. Ignore it.

Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email

report phishing.mailtoloc

Yeah, just don't pay attention to it... It's a scam, not Apple.

I have the same message today.!!

I got the same thing but mine was SIX

Oh and that was a fake apple company