You also have to watch out for emails that apparently say they're from Apple and it says that you made an app purchase some crazy Apple knows, for some money. And then they ask you to click on a link to cancel it if it's not yours. Everybody needs to watch out for this one, because I'm sure if you click on that something bad is going to happen. Take care! Mike
Sent from a land far far away in a not so distant time zone! > On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:11 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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: >> [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
