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Random pornographic pop ups

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I have an Iphone 4s my boyfriend gave to me, I get random **** pop ups on Safari and I have not serached for anything myself, is it possible these pop up from previous search history and how can I stop them? he says he has never gone onti **** sites, is it possible the pop ups are entirely random?

iPhone 4S

Posted on Sep 16, 2013 2:45 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2013 2:50 AM

"Random" popups are never completely random. They are always caused by a site the phone has visited. However, sometimes, regular websites can have dodgy code inserted into them by hackers which could cause adverts and popups to appear that are not related to the website itself. It doesn't happen a lot, but is common on less scrupulous sites (not necessarily pørn sites) - e.g. sites where copyrighted material is offered for free.


Clear Safari's cache, history and cookies in Settings > Safari.

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Sep 16, 2013 2:50 AM in response to hxy1xy

"Random" popups are never completely random. They are always caused by a site the phone has visited. However, sometimes, regular websites can have dodgy code inserted into them by hackers which could cause adverts and popups to appear that are not related to the website itself. It doesn't happen a lot, but is common on less scrupulous sites (not necessarily pørn sites) - e.g. sites where copyrighted material is offered for free.


Clear Safari's cache, history and cookies in Settings > Safari.

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