Adware on iPhone's Safari

[czhaa3664933]

Hi,

When I load some pages on my iPhone's safari browser sometimes I get redirected to random websites. It started off with just a few websites that this would happen but now it's happening to more of my pages when I load them.

Any solutions please? I would reset and restore my iPhone from a backup but I'm not sure if this problem's 'part of my backup now'

 

[PetPet]

what are the affected websites?
I don't mind giving them a try

Do you get affected when you surf HWZ?

 

[czhaa3664933]

Nope HWZ's good! It used to be just the business times site. Now when I load straits times I get it as well, along with half of the sites I load on Twitter and fb. I think the problem lies w my phone haha but I'm not sure how to fix it? Couldn't really find a good solution on Google also

 

[gkhchay]

Nope HWZ's good! It used to be just the business times site. Now when I load straits times I get it as well, along with half of the sites I load on Twitter and fb. I think the problem lies w my phone haha but I'm not sure how to fix it? Couldn't really find a good solution on Google also

Nothing to do with your phone, safari or google; go to Appstore, download & enable Adblock. It's free & very effective. However, it may interfere with some apps so just disable it when u don't need it.

 

[czhaa3664933]

seems to be working brilliantly so far! thanks so much for your help

 

[czhaa3664933]

Okay it worked perfectly for a few days but it's starting to pop up on my straits times websites again:/ shag haha

 

[gkhchay]

Okay it worked perfectly for a few days but it's starting to pop up on my straits times websites again:/ shag haha

Did you download the correct Adblock? The one I'm using and recommended is Adblock Mobile - the color of the app is black; if you downloaded the red one then it's the wrong one.

 

[czhaa3664933]

Did you download the correct Adblock? The one I'm using and recommended is Adblock Mobile - the color of the app is black; if you downloaded the red one then it's the wrong one.

Yep the one that shows you how many ads blocked on the front page and a VPN kind of sign on the top of my screen yes? But thanks for your help anw it really made things much better!

 

[gkhchay]

Yep the one that shows you how many ads blocked on the front page and a VPN kind of sign on the top of my screen yes? But thanks for your help anw it really made things much better!

Yup, that's the one. I notice sometimes it disconnects by itself & that's when you get redirected to App Store etc again; all u need to do is just re-enable it by going to Settings > VPN > Enable Adblock & tap to connect.

 

[arcturuz]

when i surf hwz, sometimes app store just pop up
lately no more

 

[greythorne]

when i surf hwz, sometimes app store just pop up
lately no more

I got that as well. Let me give a try on the Adblock thingy!

 

[greythorne]

Guys I really need help. I have the same problem as described by TS. Even with the Adblock app it didn't help. Now it's much worse. I got porn sites popping up. And it just happened while in the MRT! Do you think a clean install will help?

I encountered this while surfing channelnewsasia and hardwarezone sites. But I'm pretty sure others sites will also have the same problem. When I was using android I didn't have this problem. But why on iOS?

 

[falseflush]

Guys I really need help. I have the same problem as described by TS. Even with the Adblock app it didn't help. Now it's much worse. I got porn sites popping up. And it just happened while in the MRT! Do you think a clean install will help?

I encountered this while surfing channelnewsasia and hardwarezone sites. But I'm pretty sure others sites will also have the same problem. When I was using android I didn't have this problem. But why on iOS?

I'm having the same problem too with random websites on both my iPad and iPhone.

 

[jk_eugenetay]

I'm having the same problem too with random websites on both my iPad and iPhone.

i'm facing the same issue now. i encountered this on 9to5mac.com .... twice was opening the link within Facebook app, don't know if it's that app's web browser has vulnerabilities ....

 

[gkhchay]

Have you guys tried changing browsers? I'm using Mercury (free) which has got a built in pop up blocker.

 

[punggolkid]

I also have this problem on both IPad Air and iPhone 5s on iOS 8.3. Very sick of the random redirects which began on Twitter links in-app and on Facebook (even through the Paper app). I decided to add some of those malicious URLs (aflrm.com I think) to my router firewall. Too bad there is no firewall built-in in iOS settings.

And I thought I was the only one. Not many links to the problem when I googled a couple weeks back.

 

[elon]

Try this?

Settings->privacy->advertising

1. Enable limit ad tracking
2. Reset advertising identifier

Close safari/Facebook and relaunch the app.

 

[gkhchay]

Try this?

Settings->privacy->advertising

1. Enable limit ad tracking
2. Reset advertising identifier

Close safari/Facebook and relaunch the app.

This doesn't work for me at all; still get directed to App Store etc; so far only enabling Adblock works.

 

[greythorne]

Have you guys tried changing browsers? I'm using Mercury (free) which has got a built in pop up blocker.

How do you downloaded the mercury web browser? I tried but the App Store says the app not available in Singapore store.

 

[gkhchay]

How do you downloaded the mercury web browser? I tried but the App Store says the app not available in Singapore store.

I've used it since my 4s days; that must have been about 3 years ago - it was available on the S'pore App Store then.