Luscious79 Author

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Opened link in spam email

Hi I received an email that seemed to be from a trusted source. It was unfortunately not them and I immediately shut it down and deleted all passwords from phone took put on aeroplane mode and backed up to the cloud and reset my phone within minutes I changed all important passwords could my phone still have any trace of malware or virus

iPhone SE, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 6, 2023 7:05 AM

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Feb 6, 2023 7:08 AM in response to Luscious79

Clicking on an email attachment or link will not harm the iPhone.

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Feb 6, 2023 7:52 AM in response to stedman1

Thank you that puts my mind at rest

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Feb 6, 2023 9:11 AM in response to Luscious79

You are quite welcome.

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Feb 6, 2023 9:23 AM in response to Luscious79

What did the link do? Hopefully you did not enter any information as this was likely a phishing scam.

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Feb 6, 2023 9:31 AM in response to elcpu

It looked like a news article I just closed it.

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Feb 6, 2023 9:36 AM in response to Luscious79

Good. That was the proper action.

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