[Electronics-talk] Do you use an antivirus with your iPhone?

[Ray Foret Jr]

At this point, we're going in to an area that I really cannot comment on.  Perhaps somebody else here might know.


Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus!

On Oct 9, 2014, at 9:32 PM, George via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thank you, Ray, for the information.
> 
>> George, based on your description, I'd say you have a corrupt install of 
> the latest IOS.
> 
>  Well, it worked perfectly ok after I installed the latest version, some 
> days ago, but, suddenly, it became impossible to use Voiceover and siri 
> anymore, yesterday.
>  My wife can use it, apparently without any problem; it's just that 
> VoiceOver doesn't talk and Siri plays tricks.  That's why I think it might 
> have a virus.
> 
>> To put your phone in to UDF mode, press and hold down both the power 
> button and the home button for longer than ten seconds. Your phone will then 
> go in to a condition where the only option is to hard reset or cancel.
> 
>  I did that and the phone restarted automatically.
> 
>> There is another way to do this.  First, turn Find my phone off on your 
> phone.  Then, completely shut it down.  Now, with one end of the cable 
> plugged in to your computer, plug the other end in to your phone while 
> pressing down the home button.
> 
> 
>  Well, I think I have no other choice than doing so.
>  I would like to avoid it if possible, but...
>  Do you think there's no other way around this?
> 
>  Thanks,
>  George
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