How to remove RAT malware 29313 from Ipad

I just did a Google search and found no results mentioning that particular version. Otherwise I only see a few mentions of rat malware threatening mostly Windows with a few targeting Mac OS on computer, not iOS devices.

The only way to get a Remote Access Trojan on an iOS device would be to jailbreak it to remove the inherent iOS limitations of file system and app sandboxes and to open restricted ports (that are blocked by iOS itself by default). So someone would need direct physical access to your iOS device and a computer to install a RAT exploit into it. Even if you accessed a web site or email with a RAT package hidden in it, it cannot execute or do anything on a normal iOS installation.

In OS X a downloaded RAT package would require root or admin password to be entered to gain permission to install and run. In Windows, if you are an admin user, all you need do is click a bad link and it can execute, install and run. That’s why Windows machines are the prime target of most trojan exploits - Windows (at least with a default personal user installation) has very weak admin authority security compared to OS X, Linux or iOS.

A simple mouse click at the wrong time or without paying attention to a dialogue box can exploit a Windows box. OS X would require not only a mouse click, but you’d have to physically type in the admin password to execute malware like that. iOS is simple incapable of doing anything with such a file as any app accessing it doesn’t have any access to iOS itself or the things it needs outside of the app’s sandbox.

Any email or text can threaten all it wants. It’s an empty threat on an iOS device. As much as the press does report on actual ransom exploits, most or many such “hacks” are just phishing scam messages hoping to scare people into paying. Those sending the messages haven’t actually hacked anything.

I just received a similar email but for Rat 49660. The only thing that was a bit scary was the email had my full name. It also did not refer to my iPad, just my computer. Any additional contact from this email you received?

Probably a scam.

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2018/02/panic-attack-apple-scams-apply- pressure/