If you receive a message that appears to have been sent by Apple and warns that your iPhone is infected with the virus, this is a nuisance. Always.
As we have recently published (MacWorld Sweden), Apple is the most widely used company for advertising campaigns phishing, and in this article we want to draw the attention of classical beauty.
The student sent us this photo:
Spanish translation:
Viruses have been detected on your iPhone and the battery has entered and is damaged.
Removing this malicious software can now cause some damage to your device. Here's how to fix it:
Step 1: Press the button below and install the recommended virus protection tool for free in the App Store.
Step 2: Launch the app to delete all malicious code to 100% fix the phone.
The message comes from Safari but may appear as an "animation" from another app, for example, through ads displayed by malicious agents.
Similar messages about "battery viruses" have been around for many years and are now as bad as they were back then. Batteries cannot detect viruses. IOS is very difficult to load with malware, and a few examples of when it has happened have been directly attacked by activists, business leaders and so on.
First article published in MacWorld Sweden.
