The message The iPhone is infected with viruses that can destroy the battery can send a shiver down the spine of many iDevice users who do not know much about iOS and its security, the message being nevertheless encountered more and more often on the Internet.
In this article I will tell you about some methods to trick iOS users that I came across while trying a few Euro 2016 live video streams, but the methods are far from new, they have been on the internet for a very long time.
In essence, we are talking about malicious advertisements that, through redirections, try to deceive users that their iPhone terminals are infected and that it is necessary to install some applications, or pay some money, to clean them of infected files.
All these messages are lies and should not be believed because there is currently no widespread malware or viruses that can infect your iPhone to destroy your battery or do other wonders described by the messages you come across.
In the image above you can see an alert message that tells us that our smartphone has an old version of the operating system and that it needs to be updated, pressing the OK button initially takes us to a website that recommends us to download the Battery Doctor application , and then to send an SMS with a short number.
The most unusual method to trick iPhone users is the automatic opening of the messages application with a pre-entered message that should be sent to the number 1442 to increase the productivity of an iPhone.
This kind of manipulation of iOS is possible through the internal system of links of iOS, and any website can apply a similar tactic to recommend you to send SMS to any number, but I tell you not to do it.
Apple iPhone is infected with viruses that can destroy the battery. Come on, seriously? May your server be filled with malicious ads if not? It seems hard to believe, but some people who do not want to suffer the risks end up sending SMS to unknown numbers and find various expenses on the bill.
Your Apple iPhone is seriously infected with 4 viruses from infected sites! You believe so! I have antivirus! The alert is just as stupid, but the end result is the same as the Battery Doctor app and the messy SMS.
Now if you want to see what one looks like url of a malicious ad, well in the image above you can see it, it being extremely simple and opening the Messages application with the text and phone number predefined by the person who created the ad.
How can you protect yourself? Mainly ignoring messages of this kind and closing them immediately after they open, because it is very difficult to avoid them, especially if you access unknown websites through Google.
Important to remember is that iPhone does not get virus si viruses do not notify you when you are infected. There is malware for the iPhone, in the villageyou have to install it manually in 99% of cases, so it has a very small to zero chance of installing itself and it is unlikely that it will even notify you that you have a problem.
