iPad 2 Safari Redirect Problem

Ok, for the people who are interested: The problem is getting quite absurd:

I didn't want to restore my iPad (and my iPhone and my girlfriend's iPad and iPhone and the iPhone of a friend...). There was a chance that the issue could be resolved by restoring to factory settings but that is not a solution for me. For me, restoring is a workaround, if you don't have a solution.

So I decided to investigate that issue in detail.

1. I wrote a mail to the webmaster of that site with the detailed description of what is happening.

2. I tested many other devices resulting that most of them were redirected but some weren't. I couldn't figure out what happens. Some devices were jailbroken, other's weren't. It appears to be completely random.

That was weird... Before I could make any assumptions, the issue was gone. Just gone. On the iPads. Now I thought that the webmaster had some kind of strange javascript bug fixed...

BUT...

My iPhone is getting redirected (now to that url: Ip6.bemydate.mobi/mobile ***! Some days before the iPad redirected to a google.play site and now it's this f**** site!). This behavior is new because my iPhone didn't redirect me before, safari used to crash instead.

It is now obvious to me that this is some kind of ad/phishing/malware-**** affecting iOS-devices surfing the web with Safari (maybe a webkit vulnarability?)

And now for the really weird stuff: It just happened that I restored and updated my phone to the newest OS! I did not set it up from a previous backup, I set it up as a new phone... Wasn't restoring supposed to fix my issue?!?

***?!?

No ideas left... I think I'm going to drop it and leave it like that. Whenever I want to visit failblog.org, I do it with Opera or with a desktop browser. This is the only solution for me which is constantly working. Maybe.

Regards,

elvirus

Let me see whether I can help.

There is a DNS redirecting bug in WRT160Ns and WRT130Ns where the dns caching gets poisoned. This will cause redirects like you are describing. It happens intermittently, and if you clear the dns cache in the terminal of your computers, it gets resolved.

dns cache is different than browser cache.

on PCs, it's "ipconfig /flushdns". on the mac, it's dnscacheutil -flushdns

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=15330

Here are step by step instructions.

But the bottom line is you need to contact your router manufacturer for help with this/replace your router, or go to a specific router forum where they can advise you of more technical solutions.

Also, I have seen DNS issues of certain AT&T Uverse modems/routers, although not redirects.

In all cases, you can hardcode DNS into your devices to avoid this problem. I normally recommend google's public dns.

i am having the same problem with my ipad since yesturday but it's to a different site ! .. i have ipad 2 ,5.1.1 . I am sure this is not a rother issue due to i tried with both my laptop and desktop going to the same site and it do not hv that problem, if it is the routher. all computer should hv the re-direct problem..

ok hope this can solve your problem too but i fixed my RE-direct problem !

i went to settings>safari>advanced >website data and i cleared all my website data, then i went back to the site that i had the re-direct problem , and issue resolve !! 😁😁

See, the thing is the problem is intermittent. What is it redirecting to? Does it still redirect with Javascript turned off? If it does, this proves it is something in your networking setup? Is your modem wireless capable? Are you using a separate router or not?

If so, what is that router? If not, what is your modem? And who is your ISP?

Does it happen on major sites like Yahoo or Google or on kind of obscure ones?

If I'm not around when you respond, could someone on this forum check whether his router has a DNS caching feature? You may want to try upgrading your router's firmware. If you have a 3G capable ipad, does it still redirect over 3G or over a different internet connection?

mini cc - this worked for me!

The only thing I'd add is to clear the browser cache afterwards too.

I found dns-changer.eu in my advanced website data.

This problem seems to have resurfaced again when I updated to ios 8.2. Is anyone else having this problem? Seems to have started today for me atleast

This problem only happens on my iPad 2 which is running on an ios8.2. I have visted the same websites on my PC and they all work without being redirected. I have tried turning off the javascript and it solves the problem of ridirecting but it makes surfing a hassle.

I seem to get redirected when i try to go on webpages that would have the potential answer to my problem. Like 9to5mac and sometimes even the apple.com pages. And the redirection seems to be at random, sometimes it redirects me to a madison ashley page and to an webpage for livesmartertoday.com and other annoying websites.

This is really annoying. Please help!

I have a similar situation, on my ipad 2 running safari every time i vist the site, foodandwine .com. the site looks good untill i click on the recipe section i get redirected to an add selling volvo's. url changes to studio.justad.mobi and i can't get back to food and wine web site. This does not happen on My IMac running the same safari , chrome, firefox, nor does this happen with my old original ipad. All of these devices are on the same network, so how can it be the router? I installed chrome browser on the ipad2 it it gets redirected also. Seems to me that something is on the ipad2 causing it to be redirected. Any thoughts?????