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iPod touch iPod touch 4 gen virus

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Zammy92

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Apr 21, 2012
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My iPod touch is not jailbrocken :) , Anyways il be quick... I've had a big history of hackers trying to hack me for all sorts of stuff and I had a Trojan/malware on my old up laptop which I did not know about , plugged my iPod into it and I guess it got infected... Now everyday my iPod acts odd. Music starts randomly playing and gets fast forwarded ect. Apps randomly open and close. When on YouTube watching a video it would randomly change. Voice command/ music command or whatever it's called randomly on's. I have reformatted my iPod many times. Still there. Happens around the same time everyday. Any help? Called apple but needed AppleCare :/ if anyone hasn't got any suggestions then il end up buying AppleCare n try getting a new iPod or something. Once again don't say it's not a virus , trust me it is :(
 
Restore from the iPod or iTunes? I've done on iPod n it still happens
 
Zammy92 said:
My iPod touch is not jailbrocken :) , Anyways il be quick... I've had a big history of hackers trying to hack me for all sorts of stuff and I had a Trojan/malware on my old up laptop which I did not know about , plugged my iPod into it and I guess it got infected... Now everyday my iPod acts odd. Music starts randomly playing and gets fast forwarded ect. Apps randomly open and close. When on YouTube watching a video it would randomly change. Voice command/ music command or whatever it's called randomly on's. I have reformatted my iPod many times. Still there. Happens around the same time everyday. Any help? Called apple but needed AppleCare :/ if anyone hasn't got any suggestions then il end up buying AppleCare n try getting a new iPod or something. Once again don't say it's not a virus , trust me it is :(
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Trust me its not. If you had a real virus you most likely wouldn't even know it.

Viruses do not happen like they do on TV. You will not see spinning logos, hear crazy sounds, or have a group called the Pretorians after you.

It sounds like either a software issue that can be fixed with a restore, or a hardware issue in which you'll need an exchange.
 
I've restored my iPod all ready on my iPod touch , should I restore it on my mac using iTunes?
 
After reformatting my ipod touch still the same... Deffo not a hardware fault. I'm sure its a virus. Going to show apple soon..
 
If you restored it in iTunes and set it up as a new iPod, it does not have a virus. It is either a hardware problem or user error.
 
Zammy92 said:
Once again don't say it's not a virus , trust me it is :(
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No, it isn't. There is absolutely no known virus developed for iOS. Stop freaking out.

As for your problem, completely restore from an iOS version downloaded from Apple's servers using iTunes.
 
I had some similar problems. It turned out there was a chunk of lint in the earphone jack.

Maybe this helps.
 
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