Ipad Adware pop up in Safari

An effective mitigation of unwanted content an pop-up banners can be effectively achieved by installing a good, trusted, Content and Ad-blocking product. One of the very best and most respected within the Apple App Store - designed for iPad, iPhone and Mac - is 1Blocker for Safari.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/1blocker-for-safari/id1365531024

1Blocker is highly configurable - and crucially does not rely upon an external proxy-service of dubious provenance. All processing takes place on your device - and contrary to expectations, Safari will run faster and more efficiently.

Unwanted content is not simply filtered after download (a technique used by basic/inferior products), but instead undesirable embedded content blocked form download. A further benefit on metered services, such as cellular connections where you data may be capped or chargeable, this not only improves speed but also saves you money.

When using an effective content blocker product, a high proportion of otherwise inescapable risk when using your Safari browser, or linking to external sources from email, is effectively mitigated before it even reaches you.

I hope you find this information and guidance to be helpful in resolving any issues that you may have.

I've been noticing the same pop-up the last couple of days on my Mac while using Safari and MSN. Every time I would click to open an article, I would get a download "get-user-id" in my downloads folder. It does not happen in another browser like Chrome or Edge. I checked the usual areas for unwanted files on my Mac, ran Malwarebytes scan and anti virus scan. There seemed to be no threats or unwanted applications so I clicked on the download. Only thing that opened was blank "Text Edit" window.

The other thing I noticed was that this started happening in MSN only since a banner has been appearing promoting the New Microsoft Edge browser for Mac. I think they are associated with each other. The "get-user-id" seems to be harmless although annoying. I'm sure it's a glitch and most likely will be resolved by Microsoft shortly. I would report it to them, but I have no idea how to get to support at Microsoft. Does anyone know how?

I hope this helps.

The solution is documented here. You too can try it - or live with an the annoyance...

I have the same problem on my MAC that every time I open MSN it downloads the 'get-user-id' . Have also run anti virus but no threats etc. Would be grateful like RogerG1812 for any info. Thanks.

Same problem here - but also happens on iPhone and iPad! Very annoying!

I tried it on my iPad but still get the pop-up 'download get-user-id' box!

The get-user-id popup did not go away whenever using msn after installing and activating the blocker1 for safari app, is there something else i need to do to get rid obnoxious popup?