Can I-phones get Trojan Horses?

[Baitball Blogger]

I was accessing DU when a warning notice came out of no where claiming that I had a Trojan Horse on my I-Phone and if I didn't download an approved app from Apple to clean my phone, that a third party was going to have direct access to my pictures and data. And they even set a timer that was counting down for me to download the app.

I shut down the phone and decided to research the problem first. Anyone ever heard of this? I downloaded HBOMAX and a weather app over the weekend. That's about it.

[Me.]

1. Apple Would Never Do That

I had an issue with a so-called Trojan horse with my new canon printer and Apple Support helped me clean the mess up. Call them before you do anything.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Thank you.

[bullimiami]

2. No it just gets into the browser cache. I don't click anything, quit browser and clear history.

It’s happened to me accessing du a few times recently.

I’m guessing it’s attached to one of ads. Piggyback.

For me it hasn’t come back for the last few days.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Thank you.

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. I'd suspect that the warning notice was part of the scam.

Apple doesn't operate in that fashion. You don't get those kinds of notices. Instead, you'd get a version update/security update that eliminates the problem for all users.

I've gotten notices from third parties telling me that my system has been compromised, and that I have to do a number of things to rid myself of the problem, the first of which is to give the third party personal information. Don't do it. If an "alert" shows up in a browser window, close the window and don't click on anything within the window.