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iOs Safari

Sometimes someone on the Internet commandeers Safari and makes it impossible to control it showing the following screen. Who does this?

iPad Wi-Fi, iOS 10.3.3

Posted on Jul 31, 2017 5:29 PM

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Posted on Aug 1, 2017 8:42 AM

Double clicking the Home button and swipe Safari upwards. Go to Settings/Safari and clear History and Website Data. Open Safari and test.

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Aug 1, 2017 8:42 AM in response to Michael Hoffman5

Double clicking the Home button and swipe Safari upwards. Go to Settings/Safari and clear History and Website Data. Open Safari and test.

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Jul 31, 2017 8:49 PM in response to Michael Hoffman5

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Aug 1, 2017 8:47 AM in response to Eric Root

Yes, that's how to defeat it. But the window keeps executing in a way that forces you to get out of Safari to eliminate it. I mean, there's a phone number given. Why can't Apple use it to track down the perpetrators and hack them out of business?

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Aug 1, 2017 9:06 AM in response to Michael Hoffman5

If you've cleared the Safari data, and restarted the iPad (power off, not just sleep), the window should stop appearing, until you visit the offending site again. You need to stop using that site.

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