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How do I detect and remove potential spyware or malware from my iPhone XR running iOS 18.7.10?

How do I know if there is malware or spyware on my device, in my iCloud, software or hardware? I have iPhone XR, running iOS 18.7.10.

My apps, including/specifically my default apps, often show that they are in the cloud as if they are not downloaded on my phone… i don’t understand this because of course my default apps are being used all the time. I question my updates, my App Store, and the pages Im taken to when using the Internet browser. Sometimes it seems like my App Store thinks my phone is an Apple Watch. When I check my battery usage it shows “home accessories” being used in the background. I don’t have any home accessories, i don’t think..I use a couple speakers via Bluetooth, but I don’t use the “home” app. There are a few ppl in my life who always seem to know what’s going on in my life and/or what I’m talking about when they’re not around…. All this is concerning. Are they listening? Is there some clone situation? Ones of my friends has a similar problem, and her phone will not update at all.

Lastly, how do I delete apps out of my iCloud and not just off of my device??

i have screenshots of something and I don’t know what it is, is anyone familiar with “QOS”??

how do I resolve this? Get whatever and whoever out? Is my hardware a problem?



[Re-Titled by Moderator]

Original Title: Hackers, stalkers, scammers??

1 reply

triston117 (author)

Perhaps some ideas from this Support article will help

sort the symptoms; and probable schemes, & scams?

•Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing

messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

//support.apple.com/en-us/102568

"These tips can help you avoid scams. Learn what to do if you

receive suspicious emails, phone calls, or other messages."


"If you believe that your Apple Account has been compromised, or if you

might have entered your password or other personal information on a scam

website, change your Apple Account password immediately and ensure

that 'two-factor authentication' is enabled." (articles are full of goodness)

{my own iPhone XR runs adequately .. battery's OK w/ 2 yrs @ 94%}


.There's lots of things 'to consider' and some seem to play on fear, not fact.