Recently I received a RCMP UKASH virus on my iPad mini. How do I get rid of the virus?

Recently I received a RCMP UKASH virus on my iPad mini. How do I get rid of the virus? Also will it affect anyone else's mobile devices?

Your iPad cannot get a virus, so there is nothing to clear or clean up. Read this discussion and while it has nothing to do with the iPad, see Thomas Reed's response at the end of the thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22630660#22630660

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    Here is my dilemna.  My Verizon Internet Security Suite found a virus.  I look into quarantined and its not there.  The virus keeps showing everytime I use the virus scanner.  It's in the log like 4 times now plus the one before I cleared the log. 
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    65151EA5-00000003.eml     
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    Message Edited by Jaye on 12-23-2008 08:20 AM
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    The file might be hidden, you should be able to find the file easily when you do a windows search for 65151EA5-00000003.eml
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