Pornographic Images popping up on iPhone

go to settings>icloud>toggle safari off

then

Reset the device:

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. DONT CONNECT YOUR DEVICE TO A COMPUTER.

if that doesnt work

Go to settings>icloud>storage and back up>back up

or back it up to a computer

after that preform a restore by going to

general>reset>erase all content and settings

this will delete everything except the enabled stuff on icloud.

You can view whats enabled by going to icloud in settings.

Robert, we've already discussed your suggestion about the drop-kills.

I am formally asking you to refrain from future posts about this, lest I report you again.

Plus, you got the erase/restore order wrong:

Yours:

"Go to settings>icloud>storage and back up>back up

or back it up to a computer

after that preform a restore by going to

general>reset>erase all content and settings"

Apple's method:

Run a full backup to iCloud or iTunes (local computer is faster)

Then Erase the phone.

After that, then perform a restore from iCloud or iTunes.

See the difference?

However, erasing and then restoring the last state of the phone is moot, there is no point to that because of the full phone image still will contain the issue the user is having.

The user has to setup the phone as new in order to test to see if the issue is gone.

Kindest Regards,

-C

Did you read anything I said? Anything at all?

I had to correct half of it anyways, so don't post unless you can back up your claims with publicly acessible knowledge about the subject.

Remember, your answer is has some authoritative value, you are being trusted to be correct and have valid information on a particular topic.

If your methods are being challenged, you really should pay attention to it and test your method madness vs. what other experienced users are saying.

Anyways, back on topic.

I have the same problem and having multiple iPhones and iPads in the family i did some research: I was able to see that Safari is hijacked/redireccted to a series of different sites (without really completely loading these sites, probably just to earn some "pay per view credits").

After this series the last (usually pornographic) site is actually opened completely. This is really a catastrophy when children are operating an iDevice, as the only input necessary is a single call to a regular newssite (with ads).

It seems that a malicious java script command is the reason for this hijack and this seems plausible to me.

Recently as an alternative, Safari initiates an call to the AppStore with a specific app displayed ("Jelly Splash" and also as an alternative a chat app). I was able to even reproduce the latter (and film it) within the AppleStore in Berlin on a series of iPads.

I really worried when a web page is able to start an app (or switch to another XXX webpage) without any input from the user.

radiorad wrote:

I have the same problem and having multiple iPhones and iPads in the family i did some research: I was able to see that Safari is hijacked/redireccted to a series of different sites (without really completely loading these sites, probably just to earn some "pay per view credits").

After this series the last (usually pornographic) site is actually opened completely. This is really a catastrophy when children are operating an iDevice, as the only input necessary is a single call to a regular newssite (with ads).

It seems that a malicious java script command is the reason for this hijack and this seems plausible to me.

Recently as an alternative, Safari initiates an call to the AppStore with a specific app displayed ("Jelly Splash" and also as an alternative a chat app). I was able to even reproduce the latter (and film it) within the AppleStore in Berlin on a series of iPads.

I really worried when a web page is able to start an app (or switch to another XXX webpage) without any input from the user.

That has nothing to do with the iPhone. I can create a website that will do that on any device. You can limit (but not eliminate) this type of activity by turning off javascript in Safari settings. Although if you do a lot of sites will stop working.

Thank you radiorad / Lawrence Finch.

In our case, this situation, having been persistent (albeit sporadically) for a few weeks, resolved itself.

Lawrence's explanation would make sense - the sites my wife was visiting were reputable sites. Presumably the site owners and / or the other advertisers would have a massive self interest in stopping this, cos any short term boost in ppc ad revenues or whatever would be wiped out by the reputational / traffic damage of people staying away. So I'm guessing this is what happening.

That said, I don't understand how these redirects work. But surely Apple could programme for Safari / App Store to not allow more than one redirect from an original site, and / or to ask permission for more than one redirect? Or if there's some legitimate reason why more than one might need to be permitted, still limit it to two, and or require permission at this point? The most basic of PC based anti virus software would do this. So Apple not doing this is a totally unacceptable abdication of responsibility with potentially dangerous consequences for kids.

How do we break through their anti-customer-service attitude to get action?

Thanks for the help in this case, Lawrence! I know a webpage can redirect to any other page easily. The really new issue is that the redirect is not initiated by the webpage itself, but by the included ad within the webpage. A newssite is not interested to have the customer leave the webpage after only a few seconds, so I guess that it´s a lack of control which java "ad-software" is running on their newssite.

I´m also especially worried by the fact that this "ad-software" is able to start another app (the app "AppStore") on my iDevice and even display a specific program (like "Jelly Bean", and even more interesting -it´s able to show the screenshot part within the AppStore). It leaves Safari to perform this task, so the word "hijack" seems quite appropriate.

I hope I was able to explain this.

When your sandwich goes missing while camping in the woods, it's not Bigfoot that took it.

😁

Thomas A Reed wrote:

When your sandwich goes missing while camping in the woods, it's not Bigfoot that took it.

Of course not, it was a Chupacabra 😁

Red_Sqwiwul, if you're still here, ignore the back and forth. Pay attention to Thomas. He is our resident expert on the matter and highly trustworthy.

I second a poisoned/bad DNS or annoying advertisement methods.

Maybe the user should try Google Chrome to see if there's a difference.

Thanks. Will try the DNS thing when we're back on our home wifi.

And Chrome is being installed as I type. Will let you know if the problem occurs again from within Chrome.

settings>safari>erase all cookies and data

soe people dont know how to restore the phone. so im giving them step by step instructions

Safari will only launch the App Store if you click on a link to launch the App Store. On a conputer the same link will launch iTunes and display the app in the iTunes App Store.