How can I get rid of a Congratulations-you-won.com-yourprize.com pop up window on my iPad? It wants me to answer ok but I'm afraid it is a virus.

You're welcome ... glad you didn't fall for their scam.

I got this on my ipad, and I turned off my wi-fi thinking that then I could click okay and get out of it without downloaded anything malicious. I clicked okay and it brought me to a page which I did not even read because I panicked at that point (I was not expecting any new page to appear because the wi-fi was off). So I clicked out of the window before I could think straight, and I don't even know what it said. Is it possible that they have installed anything on my ipad or stolen any information? I did go into settings and deleted my Safari history at that point. I am usually careful about these things but I lost my head for a moment.

Hi

Many thanks for the suggested Fix. I tried your method, twice, but I still have exactly the same problem. Do you have any further suggestions or advice?

Thanks

Stay away from pornographic websites and you won't get the issue.

LogezP wrote:

Stay away from pornographic websites and you won't get the issue.

Not at all true. There are many other kinds of sites out there where you will see these same scam pop-ups. Even a normal, legit site could be the victim of a problem like this, if it - or the ad network it uses for its advertising - gets hacked.

I'm not advocating going to p0rn sites, just saying that you're not going to avoid the problem just by avoiding them.

BeaBeaDesigns wrote:

Hi

Many thanks for the suggested Fix. I tried your method, twice, but I still have exactly the same problem. Do you have any further suggestions or advice?

Thanks

One of the websites you visit may have been bugged with the script. You'll have to find out what that site is and avoid accessing it until they fix the problem.

I bow to your superior expertise when it comes to Pornographic websites LogezP. It was actually tracked down to a security issue with a Wordpress Plug-in being used in all innocence on a Bloggers site.

Thank You for your help Thomas_r and ShagCA.

Just had (15 minutes ago) this same thing on my wife's iPhone. She uses the WeatherBug site and this afternoon, this popup appeared. I tried Clear Website settings, but that didn't work. I then deleted the WeatherBug app and reloaded it from iCloud in the App Store. That worked (so far).

Thanks! This helped me too!

Also, most all of the flashlight apps will cause this as well.

Care to tell us which iOS flash light app is causing this pop up? We'll report it to Apple. They should step in to remove the apps.

I have same question as appleuser1556 (see below) : what happens if you click ok and go through some of the questions?

appleuser1556Jun 16, 2015 8:45 AM Re: How can I get rid of a Congratulations-you-won.com-yourprize.com pop up window on my iPad? It wants me to answer ok but I'm afraid it is a virus.
Re: How can I get rid of a Congratulations-you-won.com-yourprize.com pop up window on my iPad? It wants me to answer ok but I'm afraid it is a virus.in response to dursp

I got this on my ipad, and I turned off my wi-fi thinking that then I could click okay and get out of it without downloaded anything malicious. I clicked okay and it brought me to a page which I did not even read because I panicked at that point (I was not expecting any new page to appear because the wi-fi was off). So I clicked out of the window before I could think straight, and I don't even know what it said. Is it possible that they have installed anything on my ipad or stolen any information? I did go into settings and deleted my Safari history at that point. I am usually careful about these things but I lost my head for a moment.

kinsola wrote:

I have same question as appleuser1556 (see below) : what happens if you click ok and go through some of the questions?

Did you give them your information (name, date of birth, social security etc)? If not, you have nothing to worry about. Clear Safari temporary files. That's it.