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

[Steve Jacobson]

George,

If you have a dealer near you, I think it would be worth bringing your phone in and have them run checks on it.  
>From your description of how you use your phone, it seems unlikely to me that you have a virus, especially given 
that IOS 8 is so new.  In addition to IOS 8 bugs, it is possible that you have bad memory that is causing a 
problem.  Especially if your phone is still on warranty, it would be good to make certain that there isn't a 
memory or other hardware problem.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:32:41 +0900, George via Electronics-talk 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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