hackers say they have put a trojan on my ipad how can I check, will it get rid of any virus if I clear history and website date? or do I reset back to factory settings?
hackers
Moderator: Moderators
-
wine~o
- Senior Member
- Posts: 26293
- Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:49 pm
- Location: hants/dorset border
- Has thanked: 1415 times
- Been thanked: 4024 times
Re: hackers
install this (free version) https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/
Verwood Handyman
_____________________________________________________________________________
If you feel you have benefited from the Free advice given on the Forum, Please consider making a donation to UHM's Nominated charity, read all about it and donate here :
http://www.donnasdreamhouse.co.uk
_____________________________________________________________________________
If you feel you have benefited from the Free advice given on the Forum, Please consider making a donation to UHM's Nominated charity, read all about it and donate here :
http://www.donnasdreamhouse.co.uk
-
Dave54
- Senior Member
- Posts: 5063
- Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:20 pm
- Has thanked: 1300 times
- Been thanked: 1175 times
Re: hackers
I don't know much about Mac stuff, but there's a well known scam that uses pop ups to make you believe you have a virus, and to call a phone number to get it removed.
There's some Mac specific advice here by the look of it.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8213319
There's some Mac specific advice here by the look of it.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8213319
-
Bob225
- Senior Member
- Posts: 4772
- Joined: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:21 pm
- Location: Kent, Land of Apples and PYO
- Has thanked: 105 times
- Been thanked: 878 times
Re: hackers
Its a scam, its very difficult to plant a virus on a ipad, go into settings, safari and clear your history and cookies (or cache)
the most common forms of this scam is it will reload every time you open a browser (safari) and it will not let you close it
the most common forms of this scam is it will reload every time you open a browser (safari) and it will not let you close it
-
demusss
- Newly registered Member
- Posts: 28
- Joined: Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:25 pm
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 5 times
Re: hackers
Have you had an email saying this is your email address and this is your password.
Send us 800 odd USD to a bitcoin address.
I've put a Trojan on your device.
If you have, do a Google search for the bitcoin number and you'll see your not the only one recently.
I've had two emails like that.
I just changed my password to make sure and ignored it. I've already got anti virus stuff installed.
Sent from my XT1580 using Tapatalk
Send us 800 odd USD to a bitcoin address.
I've put a Trojan on your device.
If you have, do a Google search for the bitcoin number and you'll see your not the only one recently.
I've had two emails like that.
I just changed my password to make sure and ignored it. I've already got anti virus stuff installed.
Sent from my XT1580 using Tapatalk