Safari redirecting to App Store Lyft app.

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Safari redirecting to App Store Lyft app.

seems like half the time I click on one of my bookmarks in my IPhone Safari I get redirected to the App Store directly to the Lyft car share app. Nothin I can think of fixed this.

FIrst I click on a bookmark (let's say the Girl Genius webcomic.)

IT starts to load then gets hijacked somehome and redirects to this site:

https://103136.api-02.com/serve?action=click&publisher_id=103136&site_id=15282&i nvoke_id=2014&ref_id=199785_54abc490ea079_15010612&mac_address=&odin=&ios_ifa=&s ub_publisher=199785&sub_site=&sub_adgroup=7301&sub_ad=&sub2=mobpartner&sub_campa ign=passenger_usa_display_managed_ios

then I get a pop up : can not open address because link is invalid and it immediately takes me to the app stores Lyft site.

I'be been an Apple consumer since my first II-E in the 80's. I've never been able to not figire out an issue before coming to the forums.

something to look into and if anyone has had this issue and fixed it please let me know.

iPod classic, Windows Vista

Posted on Jan 6, 2015 3:29 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 6, 2015 3:30 AM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

/Facepalm

iphone 5s with current updated IOS and etc...

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Answer 2

Jan 9, 2015 9:33 AM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

Im having the same problem and it is driving me crazy.

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AmishCake

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Jan 9, 2015 10:16 AM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

Have you tried clearing your Safari browsing history and cookies? If that doesn't work, it's likely your router has been hacked.

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Answer 4

Jan 9, 2015 11:23 AM in response to AmishCake

IPhone 5s mate.

Not a Pad or Air.

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AmishCake

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Jan 9, 2015 1:13 PM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

So this is only when you're connecting via cellular and not by wireless. You've cleaned your cookies and browsing history?

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Answer 6

Jan 9, 2015 1:44 PM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

Jedimonkeylizard wrote:

IPhone 5s mate.

Not a Pad or Air.

Don't see where anyone mentioned an iPad or an Air.

It sounds like a redirect link on the website itself, if it's not the cookies or browser.

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Answer 7

Jan 9, 2015 2:26 PM in response to AmishCake

To be honest...it was only via cellular.

However...since your original comment and my sort of snippy reply (apologies by the way) I did what you suggested and **** if it didn't fix the issue.

Much thanks.

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metope

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Jan 15, 2015 12:48 PM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

This is annoying. It happens to me with a few websites. I can't get rid of pop ups. Anyone found a solution?

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Answer 9

Jan 15, 2015 1:47 PM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

It's advertising from the website.

stop going to the site, it will stop happening.

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Answer 10

Jan 15, 2015 2:17 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

We go to certain websites for the specific content of the website....for example Online Comic artist that we support.

Saying 'stop going to the site" isn't really helpful John. In fact..since my last post...despite clearing browser and cookies...it's started back up.

And the sites this happens to me don't actually advertise for Lyft.

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AmishCake

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Jan 16, 2015 5:19 AM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

If it's happening with your home wireless, your router has been hacked and you need to Google how to go to the configuration page and fix that. If it's happening on cellular, the website's code and/or ads contain malicious code and the webmaster needs to be informed or you should stop visiting the site. There are no other answers to this issue.

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Answer 12

Jan 27, 2015 4:32 AM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

This is a knowm problem gang, stop treating the guy like he's doing something wrong. There are articles and stories all around about shady ad companies building App Store redirect code into their ads and its a difficult bug for the web sites to squash.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/06/shady-app-install-ads-are-automatically-redirec ting-mobile-users-to-app-store-google-play/

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Answer 13

Jul 24, 2015 3:36 PM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

It's getting unbearable to me - I get redirected to the App Store via a site api9.net on a huge range of common websites - tech crunch, huff post, distractify, nytimes, even foreign policy magazine! The redirect happens before I can read the content, and impacts me on iPad and iPhone, both upgraded to iOS 8.4. But it's been happening to me a lot in past 6 months. It impacts on safari, but not chrome - problem is chrome crashes fairly regularly for me. Seems to me a fault in safari JavaScript that needs to be urgently fixed.

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guy23

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Jul 24, 2015 3:44 PM in response to Jedimonkeylizard

just swipe out safari from multitasking and then go into safari and click the box on the bottom right hand really quick and swipe it out quick before it redirects you to the App Store

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Answer 15

Jul 24, 2015 9:12 PM in response to guy23

Not a good long term solution. The issue is malicious ad networks so it's not affecting everyone. I live in Singapore and it gets me on about 80% of the sites I visit - sends me to various shopping and coupon apps for Singapore.

It's a very unfortunate business practice that should be illegal - but I see this as a fault in Safari that it allows this. Chrome doesn't have the issue (at least for me), but chrome on iOS frequently crashes. All in all very annoying. Apple are you listening?

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