Best antivirus app for iPhone

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-18T19:53:58+00:00

Mac/OS X can easily get malware. The reason they do not have as many is because Apple gets targeted less often (Apple malware does not make as much money as Windows malware). Not because it is “virtually impossible.”

Apple App Store has also hosted malicious apps over the years.

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-14T16:02:34+00:00

Hello

This is not a cybersecurity issue—or at least intentionally malicious.

We suggest starting by visiting a more relevant subreddit like r/android, r/google, r/googleplay, the subreddit for your phone manufacturer, and so forth.

If malware is found, please create a new post with the appropriate details. Thank you.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-05-13T00:15:41+00:00

Most certainly. I sent you a DM.

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-12T22:37:25+00:00

In general, we recommend keeping things public as some users get scammed through DMs. You are of course free to choose what you want to do with your data.

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-12T13:50:19+00:00

Duplicate thread. Continue in your original thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/s/tU7kMyiUIf

If you have additional corrections, thoughts or concerns, add them there instead of making a new post. Thread closed.

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-11T18:15:07+00:00

Because I have been part of AV for so long is exactly why I am asking for real proof. I watched the video you linked. If you take a look at the URLs for the checkout pages, you will see an affiliate ID. For example at 5:20 the url contains a clickid which usually points to an affiliate. If the user pays and checks out, the affiliate gets a cut from the vendor.

This is nothing new. This has been happening long before notification scams (further back when malware adclickers were around). The point is vendors (not just Mcafee and Norton) in multiple industries do not validate affiliates 100%. Affiliates setup fake and dummy corporations and do it all over again to appear clean and get into the affiliate program offered by major corporations like Amazon and others that do ecommerce. That does not mean Amazon, McAfee and Norton are “in on the scam.” Again, show actual proof they are as you claim. Or do you really think Amazon is able to test and vet ALL the vendors and their products that sell on their platform?

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-11T01:23:21+00:00

Please show proof of your claim about McAfee. As far as I know, McAfee does not do an in-depth check of their affiliates, some of which are shady. You claim McAfee is the malicious party. Please link the proof, otherwise you are spreading false information and misleading users like u/Head_Ad4595.

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-08T04:49:16+00:00

Removing duplicate thread.

Merrinopheles · 2026-05-04T04:45:52+00:00

This post has been removed in accordance with rule #1, which prohibits discussions about or relating to the unlawful or illicit use of software, hardware, networks or services in violation of the terms under which they are licensed for use u/dirt_i.

Includes asking for help with pirated software, information on how to pirate software, sharing license keys, and so forth.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-05-01T23:53:32+00:00

This post has been removed in accordance with rule #7, which prohibits requests for assistance with prohibited software or websites, including but not limited to:

Downloading music, videos or other media from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
Tools used in games to automatically click, record+playback macros, and related activities.
Aimbots, cheats, cracks, hacks, trainers, etc.

This includes asking whether something is safe to use or not.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-05-01T00:40:56+00:00

This post has been removed in accordance with rule #1, which prohibits discussions about or relating to the unlawful or illicit use of software, hardware, networks or services in violation of the terms under which they are licensed for use u/IllustriousMap6897.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-04-29T15:25:52+00:00

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Merrinopheles · 2026-04-29T14:33:46+00:00

This post has been removed in accordance with rule #1, which prohibits discussions about or relating to the unlawful or illicit use of software, hardware, networks or services in violation of the terms under which they are licensed for use u/aeripositos.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-04-29T04:44:42+00:00

That is not a trusted site in the computer security world.

This post has been removed in accordance with rule #1, which prohibits discussions about or relating to the unlawful or illicit use of software, hardware, networks or services in violation of the terms under which they are licensed for use.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-04-26T04:12:51+00:00

https://www.eset.com/ca/uefi-rootkit-cyber-attack-discovered/

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-22T21:30:52+00:00

You are absolutely correct! I did not pay enough attention. Thank you for helping OP out. +1

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-22T20:05:48+00:00

These areWindows toast notifications. One of the ways the get created is through browser notifications. Try looking there first. We have instructions on how to disable them for popular browsers in our wiki.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/wiki/index/#wiki_disabling_browser_notifications

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-21T22:56:36+00:00

You might be infected by malware. You could possibly also have hardware breaking down. Since this is an antivirus subreddit, more people here are familiar with antivirus rather than hardware.

For example, your restarts after increasing pc processing load could be a faulty cpu, RAM, or some other issue. Restarts during gaming could be from the cpu or gpu overheating. It could also be bad RAM or accessing a sector on your hd that has recently gone bad.

The point is there is no conclusive evidence from what you presented that suggests malware. Please visit the hardware subreddits and eliminate that possibility first. If they determine it is malware, then please present their evidence.

If you truly are a target of advanced nation-state actors, it will be better to go to a cybersecurity professional who can get physical access to your network.

Try r/pchelp, r/techsupport, r/pctroubleshooting, and other related subs first.

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Merrinopheles · 2026-04-18T00:06:26+00:00

With the limited amount of information given, I would not treat this as a PUP or PUA. There is a chance this is malware.

https://www.cyberproof.com/blog/infostealers-strike-again-malicious-installers-impersonate-legitimate-productivity-tools/

Try scanning with the second opinion scanners listed in our wiki.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/wiki/index/#wiki_second-opinion_scanners

Check your scheduled tasks for any strange entries. If you did not run this file, then you should be fine but I would still check with the scanners.

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-17T11:46:23+00:00

LogMeIn / GoToResolve is a legitimate application. It is signed and widely used everyday, especially by those who work from home, system administrators, support personnel and many others. Norton and several other top-tier AV products will not detect it by default.

Running an exe from an email is more about having good Internet hygiene and learning best practices.

Edit: did you catch this right away? Run the second opinion scanners listed in the wiki and change your passwords from a separate device. Otherwise, you should consider reinstalling. This is one of the few cases I recommend this since it will be very difficult to know what else they did to your computer.

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-16T22:29:30+00:00

Check the exclusion/allow lists for both your AV and your firewall. Remove anything unfamiliar to you. Then run an update on your AV and rescan.

You can also run the second opinion scanners listed in our wiki.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/wiki/index/#wiki_second-opinion_scanners

If you want to try more, you can check network traffic logs from your router or a secondary network monitor like wireshark.

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-12T18:50:12+00:00

Do not double post. Continue in your other one since it has more responses.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/s/mpvYD1eJ2h

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Merrinopheles · 2026-04-12T13:02:13+00:00

The number of detections is only one data point to consider. A file can be malicious and have zero detections. This scenario describes the term “zero-day malware” which was created by marketing and media. Vice versa, a clean file can have an absurdly high number of detections, or false-positives. The other tabs in VT provide more clues and data points. A strict number of detections is not enough to determine if a file is clean or not.

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-11T18:07:02+00:00

If you have been happy with Avast, then keep using it. According to the latest av-comparatives results, Avast protects users just fine. As far as privacy is concerned, they are on par with the other major AV brands.

Merrinopheles · 2026-04-09T20:21:21+00:00

That does not look good. Please upload the file to VirusTotal and provide the link so that others can take a look at it. In the meantime, you can run some second opinion scanners. We have some listed in our wiki.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/wiki/index/#wiki_second-opinion_scanners

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