How do I delete Red Alerts Emergency from emails that loaded itself from an app I installed that has nothing but adds

Is it harmful to your phone after you have deleted Red Alerts Emergency?

Go to Settings/General/Profiles and delete the profile for it. And absolutely, positively, never, ever, approve installing a profile on your device again. They don't install automatically; you must explicitly accept profiles.

I had it on mine too. I had just installed QuakeFeed and it popped up. Looked like part of the installation. Thank you for the info, I caught it just moments after it installed. Hope I didn’t mess up anything.

Regarding, The RedAlerts Mayhem, Thanks...sometimes just because something looks (sounds) good, it’s not! This and a few other News apps were Absolutely draining my IPhones Life, Mo Telling what else? Your recommendation Wotked Swiftly!!!! Thank you, for your advice👍

I’m trying to delete the profile for redlihhtsemergency per your post

I believe you said: settings/General / them profiles to delete this scam?

I can’t find “ profiles” after I go to “ general” on my iPad .

Help!!

Your gmail hasn't been hacked, unless someone has your Google password. If you don't have 2 factor authentication on your gmail account you should probably add it, however. If you add 2 factor authentication you need to either switch to using the gmail app instead of the built in mail app or generate an application-specific password to use with the Apple mail app.

The same happened to me but it was another app from the store: Samsung Smart TV remote. After loading the app, I started getting ‘local’ ads of cars for sale, etc. This is the new ‘edge database’ hack? My phone became a device on the ‘edge’ of the network. I noted also had another Profile on my phone for ‘Xfinity’: this one I gather allowed me to hop onto ‘home’ Comcast Users’ modems without the owner knowing, to access broadband networks ‘owned’ by NBC Universal. Finally one called Good Enterprise that allow me to send/receive work emails, and I believe, for my employer to monitor and hack my emails from my private email boxes. I have removed all of these and feel this is a major security violation for iPhones. These profiles seem to be providing ‘drivers’ that capture and send user data, gps info, etc, back to the sponsors.

Thank you so much Lawrence for the directions as well as assurance that nothing else on my phone was compromised! I’m am old dog but try to remain somewhat tech savvy. I’m in the Pacific on vacation and was looking for local “Emergency Weather Alerts”. Red Alerts Emergency caught me off guard and I had no idea I was accepting a profile. Guess I’ll put on my glasses next time I try to read the screen on my iPhone.

It did not steal your data. And at some time in the past you added an app or went to a website that prompted you to approve a plugin for it, and you did. Probably related to weather alerts or news alerts.

Lawrence, Thanks so much for your solution. My experience was a little different in that the RedAlerts Emergency inbox was created when I updated existing apps that did not require any input form me.

So I read everything....but what app did I get that caused this so I know? I didnt know what all this is except what I read here. I understand I must have authorized, but didn’t know and wouldn’t mean anything to me if asked for profile.

sorry. 😕 I am NEVER going to be a techie! Lol!

I found the same profile “RedAlert Emergency” in my settings & then saw that I have 333 emails received everyday since 1/13/18 which could possibly be the day I started looking at Turbo Tax to do my 2017 tax returns. I never touch a link unless I’m on a website I 100% trust. Most of the emails are daily weather related with a few “claim your $50 amazon offers” & Publisher Clearing House stuff but there are 2 that are freaking me out - from “Social Security Benefits” &

“Federal Income Tax”

Thank you. I was so glad to find this information. I had downloaded an app that gives pollen information. Did not authorize another thing. Suddenly I had a red alert mailbox. No specific app, just the mailbox. It's gone now, thanks to you.

I added mine on purpose but I fee like I was deceived in my opinion. It was right after I got a new phone and it asked if I wanted to add “emergency alerts”. I clicked yes thinking it was the Amber Alerts and such. Found out later it was not.

Thanks Lawrence. You were a big help.

Yes - I select Profile and then tap RedAlerts Emergency profile - tap Delete Profile and then it brings up the screen 'Enter Passcode'. I'm worried doing so may compromise my phone so I have not gone any further. Any thoughts on how to get around this or delete it a different way?