Amazon winner pop ups on my iPhone

The answer you are referring to worked just fine SEVEN MONTHS AGO when it was posted. But times change, and so does the perpetual arms race of spammers vs the good guys. And if you read towards the end of the thread you will find solutions that work now. Actually, I'll save you the trouble of having to read: Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away

If clearing your cache works, fine. But if you bother to read the thread you posted to you will see dozens of posts from people who cleared their cache and it did not fix the problem. Along with a lot of other steps that also did not fix the problem. And it's also clear that you have never had the problem, or you would know that clearing the cache doesn't fix it in most cases.

As you are commenting on an 8 month old post, I'll point out that even what I posted 8 months doesn't work in all cases; the bad guys found a way around it. Here's the latest, which is even more complicated, and clearing the cache won't work either: Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away

If you have truly tried EVERYTHING then there is no hope, you will have to live with it forever. On the off chance that EVERYTHING does not include "everything" see if this helps: Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away

Once you have received one of these ad pages, if you click anywhere on the page (including the CLOSE button) it will install a javascript object that will redisplay the ad page on many sites. These sites are not necessarily infected; they are collateral damage. I've created a user tip on how to get rid of the current Javascript exploit as well as instructions on preventing it in the future: Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away

There is no point in going to an Apple store. It is not exclusively an Apple problem, and Apple has no way to control what spamming lowlife bottom feeders do for a living. See my tip on how to get rid of them for good: Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away

Found these instructions below that worked for my friend with his iPhone 6: How to get rid of the spree discount pop up on my iPhone 8 from RenoDave.

My friend was getting an immediate "Congrats; Lucky User; Gift Card" popup on his own radio station website. He had to do the process three times to clear the annoying popups for good.

Spree refers to the site the original poster, RenoDave, was getting popups from. Input whatever's bugging you.

"First, close the window that has been hijacked and quit the Safari app. Then, go to Settings>Safari>Advanced>Website Data. Type "spree" in the search box and you should see something like "spreediscount.com." Delete that by swiping to the left or select edit and then select the red box with the minus sign. Then, restart your iOS device (I was having this problem on an iPad). After your device restarts don't open Safari to see if the problem has been cured just yet. Before you do that, repeat the above steps and see if anything comes up when you do the "spree" search. If it comes up again, delete it again and restart your device again. I had to do this three times before it stopped showing up. Each time the data amount got smaller. Finally, the search revealed nothing related to spreediscount. Success! I'm now on they same eBay webpage that was being hijacked and it all looks good."

Good luck!

Well, you could review my tip on this subject-->Dealing with Safari popups that won't go … - Apple Community

I can tell Kurt that you would like his help, but I suspect he will say the same thing I have in the above tip.

It is ABSOLUTELY about sites that show an ad that does a browser redirect. And even "respectable" sites can do it, because sites do not choose the ads that appear on them; they contract with one or more of dozens of ad display services. The sites (even CNN, Fox, etc) have no idea what ads are being shown on their sites. Twice now Forbes has shown ads that actually hack Windows if you click on them. which is why I never visit forbes.com.

It also has nothing to do with Apple, with iOS, or with any browser. These ads have been reported on virtually every computing platform and browser: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux; Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc.

In addition, once you have visited a site that is infected, if you tap anywhere on the page (such as a "close" button) it runs a Javascript object that attaches the ad to any other browsing you do that uses the same ad placement service.

As far as blocking .pw and .top it would do no good, because the next day they would use .pv and .toq. And some of the ones I've seen, like 99tops.com, look like perfectly reasonable domains. The redirect can be to any domain that isn't used by someone else; there are an infinite number of unregistered domains, so they will never run out.

The solution is to use a good ad blocker. It works.

I posted instructions on the first page of this thread that worked for me, and that a lot of others have reported worked for them also. I'll repeat it here.

Do the following:

• Turn on Airplane Mode
• Go to Settings/Safari and tap Clear History and Website Data
• Open Safari and close all open pages
• double-press the HOME button, find the Safari screen image and swipe it up to close the app
• Restart your phone
• Turn Airplane Mode off

This should clear the message. And don't go back to whatever website you were on the first time it happened. If you DO see the ad again don't touch the page; just close it or tap in the address bar and overwrite it with something safe like google.com.

Cichrad wrote:

I am having this issue on Chrome. How do I clear history, etc. from Chrome? I went to settings and Chrome but don’t see that option.

Open the Chrome app (not Settings). Tap on the 3 dots in the upper right, then tap Settings.

1. Tap on Content Settings, and make sure Block Popups is on (this will not fix this specific problem, but will help with others).
2. Go back to the Settings menu and choose Privacy, the Clear Browsing Data. Choose what you want to clear (probably Cookies, Site data, and Cached Images and Files) and tap Done.

Dimintherf wrote:

HI.Unfortunately Apple doesn't have a fix (I've learned). This is also happening on Chrome with my Iphone 8S

It isn't within Apple's ability or responsibility to fix the Internet, which is where the root of the problem lies.

However:

• The fixes available for Apple devices are contained in the thread you didn't bother to read.
• Google doesn't have a fix for Android devices either. But there are fixes.
• Google doesn't have a fix for ChromeBooks. But there are fixes.
• Microsoft doesn't have a fix for Windows browsers. But there are fixes.
• The Linux community doesn't have a fix for workstation Linux. But there are fixes.

Likewise for Opera, Firefox, Chrome, MSIE or any other browser on any platform.

Like many others, Safari started going to game sites when I was browsing. Chrome also showed the same symptoms when going to the same websites. It seems to be an infected ad being served by multiple sites while I was in Las Vegas. Since returning to San Francisco, I have not been re-infected despite going to the same sites. Lawrence Finch's suggestion worked for me:

• Turn on Airplane Mode
• Go to Settings/Safari and tap Clear History and Website Data
• Close the Safari App (and any other browser)
• Restart your phone
• Turn Airplane Mode off

For Chrome:

• Open the Chrome app.
• At the bottom right, tap "..."
• Tap Settings.
• Tap Privacy -> Clear Browsing Data.
• Check Browsing History; Cookies, Site Data; Cached images and files. Uncheck the other items.
• Tap Clear Browsing Data.
• Tap Done.

It has everything to do with the Internet. That's where the ads come from 99.9999% of the time.

Your personal situation is different. And no, your router does not have a virus. That isn't even possible. What is possible is that it was remotely hacked and setup to redirect your connections to scam sites.

1. Reset your router. See the manual for how to do this. Typically, you hold in a small recessed button for 5 seconds or so. Others have a button in the web pages of the router to do a reset.
2. After the reset, immediately go into the router's settings. Usually, this is done by typing 192.168.0.1 into your web browser's URL bar. Enter your router's admin name and password. This information is often on a sticker on the router itself. Otherwise, check the manual.
3. If it has a uselessly easy to bypass default login, such as blank for the admin name and "admin" as the password, you need to change this. Otherwise, pretty much anyone in range of your router will be able to get into its settings to see what your wireless password is, or alter the router's settings.
4. If a simple login is what you have (even if not), find the router settings to turn wireless broadcasting off. You don't want anyone who may be trying to log back in to the reset router to see what you're doing.
5. Change the admin password to something difficult. Like Z8ZV0xOU4PKk. Click the Update or Save button. It may restart and ask you to login again. Anyone else who may have known your router's login password will now have no idea what it is.
6. Go back to the wireless settings pages. Make sure the router is set to WPA2 - WPA. Do not use WEP or any choice that includes it. If you have an old router that doesn't even offer WPA, throw it in the trash right now and get a new router.
7. In particular for your case. Find the remote access pages of the router. If they're on, disable Remote Telnet and Remote Management. That's how hackers access a router remotely to begin with.

Apple needs to admit the issue and at least let us know they are working on it.

What issue? The few who are reporting in this topic seem to be the only ones experiencing the problem. I haven't see it discussed here before. I've never experienced it so it can't be a bug or we all would be experiencing it.

It's more common with browsers on desktop and laptop Macs with the increased use of adware.

As it happens the top adware and malware app for Macs has an app for the iPhone to do the same thing, block adware, etc: Malwarebytes. It's available from the App Store.

It has nothing to do with settings on your phone, your browser cache, etc. Its your wifi router. Occurs in my home on every iOS device when using wifi. If I disable wifi on device, the problem goes away. I do have Comcast as my internet provider. I don't think its from them, though. After rebooting my router and retrying, I get the same advertisement, but this time the url is ecenterforaadharcardinchennai.world . So suspect my router has a virus now. This is what I see (with some boxes over parts of my full ip number. Suspect hitting close sends the image that includes the ip number to evil.com?

I understand exactly what Lawrence is saying and knew about those steps before and have been doing them. And yes I get that once your browser data is infected it may happen on other sites as a result. I follow the steps every time it occurs, but it still happens multiple times a day and on multiple sites..

It is not acceptable to “note the site” and not go there anymore! The sites this occurs on are some of the most popular sites on the internet!

Somebody has figured out a way to seriously compromise the browsing experience on iPhones.