Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. What is a Calendar event
3. Ways to remove calendar event from mobile apple devices.
4. Ways to remove calendar event from the Mac OS X system.
IntroductionMobile devices and desktop become very important for every people nowadays, it serves as our medium of communication, way to learn information, reading news, it can also serve as our storage our important data and money wallet that stored our bitcoin or any cryptocurrency, so we are always trying our best just to secure our device and try to avoid some viruses. There is a virus designed for Apple users which is the calendar virus that creates a calendar event on apple devices and clicking on them can create some issues.
What is Calendar event?A calendar event is a virus on apple devices for scamming techniques that may trigger some apple device users to click ad-like events, it is not that easy as you can delete it directly on your calendar app. This is somehow really different from other iPhone virus family because this is programmed to target your calendar event and even though the even is already done it still keeps on displaying. Once the event is already on your calendar it will start on displaying deceptive notifications and designed to open various untrusted websites on which pages contain:
+Advertise dubious software
+Deceptive advertisement
+Related to gambling
+Pornography
+Adult dating and many more.All these things may deceive people into installing fake software, providing personal information, and paying for untrusted software, which is we shouldn't do if we don't want too be scammed.
Threat Summary:
NAME: Calendar virus
TYPE: Scam/ Mac malware[1]
ASSOCIATED: Mobile calendar applications, services
SYMPTOMS: The device becomes slower and questionable calendar entries, events get scheduled on the mobile applications out of nowhere and triggers redirects to advertising services, commercial pages, pop-ups, or banners with questionable material
DAMAGE: Deceptive sites and pop-up notifications expose the user to possibly malicious content and can trigger direct downloads of PUPs or malware on the machine. Also, online advertisers can access, track, collect and sell information about your online browsing habits
DISTRIBUTION: The scam is spreading around the same deceptive advertising sites that trigger redirects, show advertisements, and so on
ELIMINATION: To get rid of Calendar virus, you will have to access its settings and get rid of the event that was added without permission; additionally, if you clicked on links, make sure you scan your device with anti-malware software
:
1. Go to "Settings"
2. Select "Passwords & Accounts"
3. Select "Subscribed Calendars" in the "Accounts" section
4. Search for any dubious Calendars, tap them and select "Delete Account"
Removing from Mac OS X system:1. From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
2. In the Applications folder, look for Calendar-related entries.
3. Click on the app and drag it to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash
To fully remove Calendar, You need to access Application Support, LaunchAgents, and LaunchDaemons folders and delete relevant files:
1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
2. Enter /Library/Application Support and click Go or press Enter.
3. In the Application Support folder, look for any dubious entries related to Calendar and then delete them.
4. Now enter /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders the same way and terminate all the Calendar-related entries.
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