Straight Shooter Loc: Newfoundland, Canada

There's an Ipad scam on the go. You suddenly get a pop-up notice saying that your device is locked and that you should call the number given right away to get it fixed. If you call, they will ask you for $80 and your credit card number to fix it.

In fact the fix is simple. Put your device in airplane mode, delete history and cookies, turn it off and on again, and that's it.
No charge.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Thanks for posting this! :thumbup: :thumbup:

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

And make sure you don't surf sites that backpack these sorts of malware. :)

theobennett Loc: Sumatra

Thank you StraightShooter. Good to know.

Rpavich - cute answer, but surely the only way to
guard against the malevolent sites that seem to
occupy most of the Interweb is to have a prescient
anti-virus safeguard..? A crminally inclined psychotic
web code writer is hardly likely to warn you he's a thief...?

- Th.
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rpavich Loc: West Virginia

No...not at all. Just don't frequent certain sorts of sites, that's all.

Games/wares sites are horrible for this sort of thing.

Of course porn sites are notorious for this sort of thing.

Illegal download sites are the same.


I've never used virus protection of any kind and don't get virus'

LarJgrip Loc: The Fraser Valley

How do you do all of that if your device is locked?

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

I have experienced this with my iPad.

Actually it is not locked. Close Safari. Just go to your Settings icon, click on Safari, and scroll down to "Clear History and Website Data," and confirm. You can now go back into Safari and use it as you normally would.

Good luck.

LarJgrip Loc: The Fraser Valley

That makes more sense

theobennett Loc: Sumatra

Ah yes, the old no-prophylaxis policy. I'm not as brave as you. I prefer
protection. Even while swimming in the mud of Wikipedia.

However, I'm confdently virus free so far after some 30 years
of negotiating the Interweb minefield.

Problem here is that even at university - or maybe because - a virus
can sneak in behind an innocent message, graph, assignment extension, or research paper.

I accept that graphic images are always a potenial hazard, but the
real world hard copy fine typography publishers have been meeting
the challenge for decades.

With appropriate anti viral prophylaxis.

Sure, we know well the pitfalls of juvenile gamesmanship, and the ubiquitous
lacklustre erotic sites viral diseases. Whomsoever dips deliberately into that adolescent mire is either exceptionally gutsy or a kangaroo short in the top padock.

Or lucky.

_____

I was just mischievously curious to know whether perhaps you had a
"see round corners" sidewinder radar program there that could scout
ahead for all potential threats no matter how well they might be camouflaged.

It might then be fitting fun to devise a retaliatory program to nuke the
perpetrator's PC. ;-)

- Th.

BushDog Loc: San Antonio, TX

That's what I've been doing. The only time those locked screens have happened to me is when I've clicked on one of those links to curiosity lists like celebrities then and now.

Are there any antivirus programs for an iPad? Are they necessary?

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

It is simpler than that, just restart it and the message goes away.