These are fake, and can be dismissed safely. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 31, 2017, at 9:46 AM, the.big.apple.n...@gmail.com wrote: > > I kind of had a similar situation. I was on the iMore website checking the > news and I opened Safari there was a popup that said your iPod touch is 28% > damaged by a virus. I don’t remember exactly what it said. > > Maria Reyes > Owner of the following groups- > Apple 411: apple411+subscr...@groups.io > iMessage/FaceTime: the.big.apple.n...@gmail.com > > > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:33 AM -0400, "deidre muccio" <deim...@verizon.net> > wrote: > >> I'll do that. I thought it could be a scam. The message kept popping up >> while I was in Tune In Radio. >> popped >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:11 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Trojan virus >> >> >> This sounds like a total scam. If it were from Apple, you would be taken to >> the App Store, not a web site. But in all cases like this, call Apple. It is >> the only way to be absolutely certain, but I'm 99 percent sure this is a >> phishing attempt that would end very badly. >> Apple also wants to know about these kinds of attempts, so please call them. >> You can call Apple Accessibility to get through to a human more directly. >> Richard >> >> >> > On Aug 31, 2017, at 7:05 AM, deidre muccio wrote: >> > >> > I have been getting a notice on my phone alerting me to a Trojan virus I >> > picked up when on a web site. It wants me to instal a particular App Store >> > security scrubber then advises I update to the latest IOS. >> > This note appears to come from Apple and leads me to the application >> > it recommends I instal and run. It sounds like the kind of virus protection >> > you run on a desktop computer and I didn't think this was necessary on a >> > phone. >> > Can anyone tell me of any similar situation they have encountered? >> > >> > Deidre >> > >> > -- >> > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> > list. >> > >> > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> > >> > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> > mk...@ucla.edu. 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