iPad Virus

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I'd suggest connecting the iPad to your computer and doing a system restore. Before doing so make sure that iTunes back's-up the iPad which it should do automatically when you connect it. You can check by looking in the status bar at the top of iTunes.

You can also check by following:

iTunes > preferences > devices and you should see your wifes iPad there with the date/time of the most recent back-up.

I'd aslo suggest removing the problem app from the device and also from the App folder in iTunes.

Then do a restore from the iPad Home screen in iTunes. Once the iPad has been restored to factory defaults you will be prompted with the choice to set the iPad up as a new device or restore from an earlier backup. I'd choose the latter and then select your wifes iPad from the backup list. Again - this is why I'd make sure and delete the problem app before hand. iTunes will now restore the iPad to it's former self using the back up.

Try this and see if that solves the problem. I must say I have had no problems at all with my iPad. Absolutely love it!

BTW Which app was it?

Best of Luck with it...please post back if this is unsuccessful.

Ricky

+Hearing of any kind of a virus for a Mac based product is really rare. Hearing about one imbedded in an App to be used on an iOS device is even more rare. I'm intrigued as to what this "App" is so we can avoid it in the future. My iPad has been great so far...+
Sly

slyguy_28 wrote:
Hearing about one imbedded in an App to be used on an iOS device is even more rare.

I actually agree - but the other day I spotted this thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12876987&#12876987

which is along a similar line...it seems the no virus dream could be coming to an end.

My understanding is that there are no viruses for the iPad. The iPad does not run on a conventional operating system like OSX or Windows so would not be susceptible to a virus for this reason. At least that is what I have read right here on these discussion boards.

Do as Ricky Gray suggests and by all means remove the app that is causing the problem.

RickyGray wrote:
I actually agree - but the other day I spotted this thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12876987&#12876987

That wasn't a virus. It was someone misunderstanding how ads worked in apps.

I read this thread as well. What a bizarre scenario. However, an app that causes the iPad to do crazy things and a virus are two different animals. A virus could shut your whole operating system down or at least throw it into turmoil. If deleting a nasty app does the trick and the iPad continues to operate OK, I'm not so sure I would call that a virus. A nuisance for sure, but not a virus.

Thanks Meg 😉

There is no ipad virus. There is no way a virus can load onto the ipad. What app did she load onto the iPad?

You might be having a DNS server problem. Go to your settings... Click on WiFi... Click on your WiFi network, circle with blue arrow... Scroll down to DNS and replace the numbers with these 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220 (with comma)... Reset your iPad.

The above DNS number are for OpenDNS server.

What is DNS?

Domain Name System (DNS) is a database system that translates a computer's fully qualified domain name into an IP address.

Networked computers use IP addresses to locate and connect to each other, but IP addresses can be difficult for people to remember. For example, on the web, it's much easier to remember the domain name www.amazon.com than it is to remember its corresponding IP address (207.171.166.48). DNS allows you to connect to another networked computer or remote service by using its user-friendly domain name rather than its numerical IP address. Conversely, Reverse DNS (rDNS) translates an IP address into a domain name.

Taken from and for more info about DNS:
http://www.kb.iu.edu/data/adns.html

To add..... Problems with a DNS sever, the server will display blank web pages.

Message was edited by: David M Brewer

From a bit of research it appears that this is the "Aboutblank!" virus.

Impossible. That "virus" only affects computers running Windows (like 99% of viruses). The iPad does not run Windows.

http://www.ehow.com/facts5579392blank-virus.html

Restore via iTunes and refrain from using in-browser apps except that of google.

Just today when i open safari (on my ipad), i get a pop-up wanting me to go to a site called http://yourcrushcalculator.com it freezes me out of safari and i don't want to go to it because it looks like it might be a virus. why is safari doing this? how do i fix?

Try:

Settings -> Safari -> Clear Cache, Clear Cookies and Clear History

Also Block Pop-ups to "On"

Hope this helps.

cleared as you suggested all three. didn't help. also block pop-ups was on so this must not be a popup.

reason it looks suspicious is that after the url, it says: "Use this page to view your one pure love! " then it has an OK bar.