Q: Iphone 6 safari redirects me to a spam website
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Jul 21, 2015 8:33 PMby Carolyn Samit,It's possible your girlfriend's Wi-Fi router was hacked. It's not your network that's the issue.
For your iPhone, you need reset to factory settings.
Instructions here > Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings
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Jul 22, 2015 6:46 AMby thomas_r.,This is not due to a virus. At your girlfriend's house, the network has been hacked. Refer her here for some solutions:
How can I troubleshoot my wireless router or modem with my Mac?
As for what is happening with your phone at your house, it's possible that your network has now also been hacked. This would be completely unrelated, and can happen simply because a botnet has located your network and found it vulnerable to attack. If, however, you are not having trouble with all devices on your network, your phone may simply be using cached network data. For help with clearing that cache, see:
http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/31/clear-dns-cache-ios/
(Fair disclosure: I am affiliated with Malwarebytes, and am recommending a link to their site above.)
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Jul 22, 2015 12:02 PMby serg407,I cleaned the cache, but it doesn't seem to be working. It only happens on certain pages on the Safari app, if I use another browser like Chrome and go in the same websites nothing happens. Any other advice that could help or should I go ahead and with my wireless router
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Jul 25, 2015 7:39 AMby LegendKillerBV,Inclusive apple.com redirect me to http://abc.apportium.com/
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Jul 25, 2015 11:18 AMby thomas_r.,serg407 wrote:
Here is a pic of where it redirects me only happens on safari and in certain pagrs
But what specific sites are you going to that result in this behavior? You said this only happens on specific pages. Give an example of one of those, not where you get redirected to.
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Jul 25, 2015 12:10 PMby thomas_r.,Okay, I can't speak for the Peru21 site, but the other two are obviously legit sites and shouldn't be causing those redirects.
Have you tested this on another network? You may need to repeat the cache clearing procedure once on that other network.
If the problem continues regardless of the network, go to Settings -> Wi-Fi and click the little "i" button next to the selected wireless network. In the settings screen that appears, what is shown for the DNS setting?
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Jul 25, 2015 2:50 PMby thomas_r.,Yes, it's often normal to see two.
Those appear to be registered to an internet service provider called Telefonica del Peru. Is that who provides your network service? I'm guessing probably so, since one of the sites you mentioned visiting is Peru21.
Try changing those DNS entries to Google's DNS servers:
8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
See if that makes any difference. If it does, try changing it back to the original numbers provided by your ISP. If the problem comes back at that point, your ISP's DNS servers have been hacked, and you'll need to discuss this with them.
If using Google's servers makes no difference, another question: have you jailbroken your phone, or otherwise installed apps not from the App Store (such as an app that offered to be downloaded directly from a website)?
