I think I might have a virus

kah22

Sometime back I took a small video with my iPhone a few days back I posted the video on Facebook using my iPad, I also sent it to a number of friends via a WhatsApp.

I received a reply from two of my WhatsApp friends, one to advise me that her computer stoped her from opening the video, it said it was a virus.  The second person told me that the link opened in an An American Chat Show, I've tested the link on my iPhone and it opens quite normally!  The others I sent it to didn't seem to have any bother.

My thoughts are that I've a virus, or something else on my iPhone or iPad.  How do I go about checking this?  Is there a particular antivirus software available for the iPhone and iPad ?

Thanks for any advice you can offer

Heedtheadvice

[EDIT: MY ERROR clarified below is that the app is not available for Ios in that form. The comment  certainly applies to those with uSoft products.]

The first good step is to run a  new check. Download and run Malwarebytes on all your devices. It is free and runs checks independently and is well respected.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Vitor

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DullGreyGuy

Heedtheadvice said:

A first good step is to run a  new check. Download and run Malwarebytes on all your devices. It is free and runs checks independently and is well respected.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Malwarebytes dont offer an AV for iOS or iPadOS, their app just is an add blocker and text message filter

kah22

emm, help any other suggestions

Paradigm

Upload the file to here.. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

PHK

I think it’s very unlikely to be a virus, more likely the two with difficulty have some technical challenges. 

The clues are: You seem to have sent a link to the file in iCloud.  WhatsApp would go to a phone if transferred to a Windows PC, the PC will naturally give a message that it doesn’t recognise the source of the file, give a warning that unknown files might contain malware and ask you to confirm. 

As for opening in a chat show, that doesn’t make sense. You can’t open a file or link in a chat show. Does the person mean that when they click the link they see a chat show? 

kah22

Yes, it was them who said they were directed to a chat show

PHK

That’s a problem at their end then otherwise everyone would have the same experience. 

chrisw

Although it is technically possible to get a virus on an iPad or iPhone, it's very rare and extremely unlikely.

kah22

Thank all you guys your posts have been a relief to me