Warning your 18.1 system been effected by a virus

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Warning your 18.1 system been effected by a virus

This keeps popping up on my phone! What can I do:

WARNING! Your iOS 18.1.1 system has been infected by viruses!

Please clean the phone NOW!

If you do not do this, your SIM card can be damaged and your personal data can be picked up by hackers.

After the cleanup speed can be increase by 76%.

Battery power can be increased by 53%.

SIM

Your Apple iPhone can be protected from virus attacks!

This is why we recommend you to follow these 2 easy and very important steps during:

0 minutes and 25 seconds

Step 1: Click "REMOVE VIRUSES" button.

Step 2: Install an antivirus program and protect your system from future attacks and possible viruses!

REMOVE ALL VIRUSES!

iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 5, 2025 08:04 PM

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Kurtosis12

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74,842 points

Jan 5, 2025 08:10 PM in response to aknap006

You don't have any viruses on your phone, it is a scam message designed to get you to purchase unnecessary software or phish for personal information.

The giveaway is the atrocious grammar.

Read more about it here -

Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

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TheLittles

Level 10

201,527 points

Jan 5, 2025 08:27 PM in response to aknap006

aknap006 Said:

"Warning your 18.1 system been effected by a virus : This keeps popping up on my phone! What can I do: WARNING! Your iOS 18.1.1 system has been infected by viruses![...]"

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Report this Scam:

It is a scam. File a complaint of this with a screenshot to the ic3.com (Internet Crime Complaint Center): https://www.ic3.gov/

If stuck in this app...

Successfully Deleting a Shortcut on an iPhone:

A. Close All Apps:

These Apps may be open. So, save what need be, and then close all apps. Hold you finger down as you swipe up form the bottom-left corner of your screen. Then, close all of these open apps, by sweeping up quickly for all apps.

B. Perform a Force Restart:

Try Force Restarting your iPhone. Save any information that need be. Then perform the restart. See if you can then perform this. Go Here: Force Restart iPhone - Apple Support

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