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iPad 2 Safari Redirect Problem

Hi everyone! I have an iPad2 and for the last few days I have noticed when I go to a website in safari I keep getting redirected to random ad sites. One of the most common ones is play.google.com/........... I tried clearing cache, history, cookies and that didn't do anything. I have restarted in every way possible, I have restored the iPad with a backup and also without but this problem won't go away!!!!! Can anyone help me out? I have no ideas left!! Any help would be greatly appreciated! This occurs on most websites with not much pattern. I have noticed though that certain websites anyways redirect to the same other websites... Thanks in advance for the help!!


-Ryan

iPad 2, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 8, 2012 8:31 AM

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Jun 16, 2012 3:10 AM in response to Nayr0526

Hi all,

Its Not only you.I have this Problem too.

Right now I am at a friends house and the problem still exists in this new network. And for info, this problem is especially in sites I use to read something, like newspaper and stuff.

All of your testing with Cache ect. didnt work out at my Ipad, too. I did this all at the beginning and now I have no idea left,what to do.

Anyone else with an idea?


Greetings,

MyHome

Jun 16, 2012 2:00 PM in response to Nayr0526

Hi Nayr0526,


I can confirm being redirected to [https://]play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.spardeals.android when I enter failblog.org in the address bar.


This behavior is new, I was able to browse that site without problems a couple of days ago.


I didn't find any similar postings in other forums so I have no clue what the cause of that issue might be. It seems like a virus.


I have an iPad3, running a jailbroken iOS 5.0.1


Anyone having the same issue?


@Nayr0526: Which other urls cause similar problems?


Greetings,

elvirus

Jun 16, 2012 2:14 PM in response to gyrhead

If I browse to failblog.org, the site is rendering a while and at the end I'm getting redirected to play.google.com, which might be a target url of an ad.


It doesn't seem to have anything todo with DNS or my ISP. I tried different DNS (8.8.8.8 f.i.) with the same result. I went over 3G and got the same result, that's why I don't think the router is involved. Anyway, I reset the router - no change. I tethered over my iPhone's 3G - no difference.


I tried my girlfriends iPad2 and got the exact same redirection.

When I open it on my iPhone, Safari crashes instead of being redirected.

iPad3: redirected

iPad 2 Safari Redirect Problem

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