I got a message pop-up on my phone from pvsvw.net claiming to be apple security saying I had gone onto a website that had a Trojan virus on it and I had to download the file on the page to update the security on my phone. Has this happened to anyone

I received a pop up on my iPhone and it said apple security on the top but the web address on the page was pvsvw.net. It claimed I had recently gone on to a website with a Trojan virus and I needed to download a file on the page to update security on my phone. Not sure if it was geniuine instead of clicking on the install link I turned off the page went to settings and cleared the history on safari. I also searched the address on Google but came up with nothing. Has this happened to any one else?

Posted on Aug 2, 2017 3:17 AM

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Aug 21, 2017 2:28 PM in response to l_douglas2606

I got a pop up on my phone, several weeks ago. Black bar across the top of the page with the apple logo and words APPLE SECURITY. Then a red line with: (6) Virus detected on your iPhone! Below, in black: "IP Address: 99.9.70.25". Followed by a message that said One of the last sites you've visited contained a Trojan, loading via the vulnerabilities of the browser. Click OK to start the cleaning process. After clean up, make sure to upgrade your system to the latest version. The there were two buttons: Install or Cancel. In very small print: Detected By Apple Firewall Ver 6.2.7


I made a screen shot and got out. I haven't done anything else, because it looked like a hoax to me.

Aug 21, 2017 2:31 PM in response to l_douglas2606

I got a pop up on my phone, several weeks ago. Black bar across the top of the page with the apple logo and words APPLE SECURITY. Then a red line with: (6) Virus detected on your iPhone! Below, in black: "IP Address: 99.9.70.25". Followed by a message that said One of the last sites you've visited contained a Trojan, loading via the vulnerabilities of the browser. Click OK to start the cleaning process. After clean up, make sure to upgrade your system to the latest version. The there were two buttons: Install or Cancel. In very small print: Detected By Apple Firewall Ver 6.2.7


I made a screen shot and got out. I haven't done anything else, because it looked like a hoax to me.

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