Virus on iPhone?

Malware perhaps but not a virus.

Tap Settings > Safari then swipe down and tap Clear History & Website Data then restart your iPhone.

Unless your iPhone has been jailbroken, it is not a virus. Merely a popup in Safari. Go to Settings>Safari>Clear History and Website Data. That should take care of it.

Hello,

The iPhone is incapable of being infected with a virus because iOS does not allow applications to interact with one another, and the user is barred from accessing the file system. In the tech world, this is known as a "sandbox." The only way your iPhone could become infected with a virus is if you have jailbroken your device, which means you could be running custom firmware that contains a virus, or have gained root access to the file system, thus gaining the ability to run applications from non-approved sources, thus running the risk of using software that contains a virus.

All that being said, it is possible for your iPhone to be afflicted with malware, an umbrella term that describes all forms of malicious software such as adware, ransomware, viruses, worms, trojans etc. Malware can be spread via browser cookies, so your best bet is to clear your browser cookies. To clear your browser cookies go to Settings> Safari > Clear History and Website Data.

Though you have stated that the blog you are visiting is a "normal blog", I would advise against visiting the site in question. If the erratic behavior you are experiencing with Safari has only occurred after visiting said blog, then best to eliminate that variable so that you can maintain optimal functionality with Safari.

Best of luck to you.

Is it like this, a webpage trying to fool me to download an "upgrade" from them, and when I do click their links and download they can spy on my activity?

They cannot spy on you on iPhones, what they try to do is trick you into entering your personal info like passwords or credit card numbers. Delete the Safari history - you should not have further issues.

You're not being spied on. Just follow the instructions I posted for you.

I see what your mean. Try it this way.

Resetting Safari. Close Safari completely from the app switcher window by double clicking the Home button and swiping up the Safari preview pane until it disappears from the screen. Then go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data. Then do a forced restart. Hold down the Home and Wake/Sleep buttons at the same time for about 15-20 seconds until the Apple logo appears.

Good to hear.... 🙂

I have the same problem too. Though the site says that I have won an iPhone and haer to tap "OK" to see my rewards. I have already cleared my history a thousand times but it still comes anyway

I have the same problem as linefromDenmark, and as he did, I also cleared my history but the thing still appears on whatever website I try to get... I ultimately got rid of it by blocking all the cookies but I would like to find a permanent way not just "hide" from this thing.

What's really weird though is that it seems to have appeared two days ago, with no link to an app or a specific website (I checked on other forums over the internet, people tried to find the reason for the malware but didn't find any connection with anything specific, and it is not restricted to a place on the globe : some are in Europe (like me in France), others in the US/Canada, others in Japan,...).

Apple should definitely check this thing out.

Hi all,

I'm from France and just got the same problem when i woke up 1h ago ....

You are not alone, there is another forum with many peoples talking about it ! All starting TODAY
(http://forums.imore.com/ask-question/368973-ads-malware-mega-viral-content-site. html)
All the answers before are not usefull at all and don't fix it, clearing history, restarting, what ever, nothing fix it...

It's definitively a Massive attack against Iphone in all the world, as soon as you re-open safari and after consulting one of your page it reappears and jump you to that site [ m e g a . v i r a l - c o n t e n t . s i t e ]
So far i found nothing to fix it (exception and such a think is not a fix since you will always be redirected to a new page..)

Hope Apple is working hard on it already ....

Been using Iphones since they are born, never seen such an attack on it, like a lot of peoples i installed PoGo and navigated on 3 sites associate who are:
https://pokevision.com/

http://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon-list

https://go.jooas.com/

Really strange that all that happen right after the release of PoGo in France who started the 24/07/2016 .....

But really we don't know, we just have to wait and hope it's not the beginning of a new form of attacks...

Before some of you start to whine, i have an Iphone 6 plus that i bought new, i never install crap applications or what ever, never jailbreaked or anything, and as a man who work with computers all day, i take really care of the security on my precious, so all is blocked, every single options........... Can't be a more secure Iphone ... So definitively not a bad move from customer installing a crap ...

Good Luck

Temporary Fix from "FelixC54" on the other web site ....

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I found a temporary fix for Iphone:

Go to Settings > General > Restrictions

Pick a passcode of your choice and scroll down to "Websites", here you will have 3 options, choose "Limit adult content" and scroll down to "Never allow" and press "Add new website".

In this bar simply type "http://mega.viral-content.site" and you won't be able to access it anymore. However, this is a TEMPORARY fix since it still opens another window, just keeps you from getting all those spamming ads.

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With that method you just have to scroll back one page and you are back on your web site, really helpfull since you are redirected non stop with that attack and it opens normally like 10 or so different link ...
So with that you only have to scroll back once ... Thanks Felix