Are you receiving virus warning alerts through your Android calendar ?
In this video , you will see how to remove the Android calendar virus warning .
Before we start this guide , press the like button and subscribe to our channel in case you forget later , what is the Android calendar virus warning ?
Cyber criminals and online fraudsters keep inventing new methods to trick users into the scam .
The Android calendar virus warning is one of them .
They create several events in your Android calendar app which keeps showing notifications .
The notification tries to warn you that your device has a virus infection and to remove the virus , you have to click on the link .
Once you click on the link , the actual virus enters your device , the calendar app virus warning is not an actual virus , but it is a way to lure you into installing a virus on your device .
So if you ever see such a virus warning , don't trust it and never click on the link in the notifications .
How does the Android calendar virus warning enter into my device ?
Cyber criminals use fake pop ups on scam websites to create virus warning events in your Android calendar app .
When you visit such scam websites , you see fake pop ups .
Once you click ok , you give your permission to create the event in your calendar .
They create several events in your calendar app .
These events completely ruin your experience .
They keep appearing on your device saying your device is in danger .
What are the risks of the android calendar virus warnings ?
There are no practical risks of calendar virus warnings .
These are just calendar events that only can show you notifications .
These notifications are not a virus .
However , if you believe the notification and act as it says , you might get a virus infection .
These fake virus warnings contain a link on which if you click , they take you to a malicious website and install a fake virus remover on your device .
This virus remover is the actual virus .
It can steal your personal and confidential information with the help of this app , hackers can hijack your device and even can listen to your conversations .
So never click on the link in the notification , how to remove android calendar virus warnings to remove the calendar virus warning .
Open your calendar app , you will see several calendar events , you can select the event and delete it .
However , if you have several events , deleting them , one by one is a tedious task to remove them all , you can hide the calendar so that it won't display the notifications to do that .
Tap on the three line menu button , then tap on the my phone and then my calendar to disable it .
Now you can see all of the events are disappeared .
My Android phone shows my calendar but it could be different in yours .
So look for the local account or local calendar .
If the virus warning event is created in your Google calendar , you have to open the Google calendar in a pcs browser open and sign in .
Then click on the settings .
Now from here , click on the event settings from the left side panel , then click on automatically add invitations , select no only display invitations to which I have replied .
Now click on events from gmail from the left sidebar , then uncheck the box of automatically add events from Google to my calendar .
You will see a warning click , OK to confirm .
Now click on the view options tab then deselect the show declined events .
After following all these steps , you will no longer see the Android calendar app virus warning .
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