Safari redirecting … is it my fault or The Weather Channel

My money is on a bad ad on the weather channel’s site. As i recall their page is about 60% ads, 40% weather so very likely for something malicious to creep in. Especially since you say it only happens on the site.

They may or may not be aware and may or may not care. Your choices are to use a browser with better ad blocking or to not use the site.

Installing one of the better Adblock Apps is often overlooked by users of iOS devices. This single step is one of the most effective defences available, within iOS, in mitigatating risks introduced by malicious websites (and, to a certain extent, page redirects). One of the most sophisticated and configurable available Adblockers is 1Blocker X (and for older devices, 1Blocker Legacy). The App is regularly updated.

1 Blocker is device resident, leaving you in control rather, than relying on a dubious external DNS-Proxy service that bypasses your preferred DNS server settings and harvests your browsing activity. 1Blocker goes beyond simple Adblocking - allowing customisable catagory and/or site blocking, whitelisting (both and partial) and custom rules.

Another valuable defence is to ensure that you always use a good DNS source, such as Quad-9 (9.9.9.9) or OpenDNS (208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220). These services are designed to “black-hole” known “bad” sites; as with all such defences, this isn’t a perfect solution, but goes a long way to helping protect against nefarious websites.

Where possible, to ensure maximum protection, these DNS servers should be configured on your Home Router; if this is not possoble, they should be set within your iOS WiFi Network Settings. Other DNS sources are available, but not all are biased towards mitigation of web-bourne security exploits.

For avoidance of doubt, whilst I use 1Blocker myself across all my iOS devices, I have no other affiliation with them whatsoever. My recommendations are based solely upon observed App performance (and that of external independent evaluation and published test results) and best security practice.

I hope you find this information useful.