Amazon winner pop ups on my iPhone

I’ve had this issue with a customers android awhile back. So I agree, the issue is isolated to Apple products like I’ve read on here time and time again. I will say, the issue was much easier to fix in an android phone.

I agree. I don’t know what settings are available on Android devices but I look at this issue the same way I do spam phone calls. Apple will not be able to eliminate either issue. With phone calls you can register on the Do Not Call registry, hasn’t helped me a lot. Or install a call blocker which will help some. At least it’s a minimal problem for me now. It was a major annoyance previously.

With ads such as this you can complain to the sites directly which may eventually help. Or install an ad blocker and and ease most of your frustration. Trashing Apple about something that seems to be a hazard of our digital lifestyle seems to be a bit pointless. If Android has a way of dealing with this then maybe we’ll see Apple implement a future solution. For now I’m not holding my breath.

The issue isnt** isolated to Apple. Sorry 🙄

Can’t type.

I think on that Android I went to the settings and disabled popups for it. Something like that. So that was what I looked for with the Apple phone first. I couldn’t find any option like that.

Ive been having the same issue as well and can’t seem to find a solution. This happens anytime I’m on any website reading an article. The pop up will take me to a free amazon or walmart card website no matter which website I started on.

Clearing history and website data does not work. The whole turn on airplane mode and clear and turn off doesn’t work. This is happening non-stop on every article I click on and it’s making me insane!!

The built in pop-up blocker will not block these type of advertisements, the way iOS blocks pop-ups is by blocking redirections. Since these ads are embedded in the JavaScript advertisements for the website you’re visiting there isn’t any redirection. You need to install a 3rd party ad blocker, there are a few paid ones but currently I am testing Norton ad blocker which is free in the App Store. So far no ads for 2 days but I am only using safari on my iPhone and I haven’t tested Chrome.

This is not really practical advice apologies with regards to avoiding websites it is now too wide spread. These ads are a syndicated service and impact pretty much all media sites, IBM sites like weather.com through to popular social media outlets. Telling people to avoid what general folk look at on the internet is not a helpful solution. I finally got rid of mine using a blocking type app which can be freely found on the Apple App Store. That aside, I did report with screenshots to the larger websites they had unethical ads up so I think if you have these take a few minutes to also report as then hopefully they can put pressure on these syndicates to clean up their act. Note I tweet at them to make the request very public.

As the owner of 2 iPhones, 2 windows laptops, 1 windows 2 in 1 tablets, 5 kindle fires (some rooted with custom android stock while some are still stock kindle fires), 6 android phones, 3 android tablets, etc I can honestly say that this is NOT just an apple problem!!! It occurs on multiple operating sytems, multiple devices and multiple browsers and there is no clear cut solution that consistently resolves this problem! While just deleting your browsers history and cache doesn't fix this problem it does help in the respect that when you attempt to go to a website your browser will automatically attempt to load speed up your browsing experience by using the saved cache from your most recent visit to that site thus by deleting your browsers cache you are forcing it to go the actual website url you type in. So deleting browser cache and history will help somewhat but there are a few other things I would recommend as well. Check your browser settings, especially your cookies!! If you see that you have enabled cookies, especially 3rd party cookies with no restrictions you are effectively giving every single website, ad, link, etc that you click on the ability to put cookies in your device that can not only track you but also make changes to your system!!! Also, while having settings like preload top hit, suggestions, quick website search, and other browser optimization services enabled your are basically going to be directed to the exact websites/ip addresses of those that you have visited quite frequently - aka you are more likely to be taken to a website which compromised your device already. Last, ALWAYS use https and not http when going to a website as it is more secure. I wish there was a 100% clear cut solution for this problem but the reality is that there are so many different types of security flaws, malware, viruses, etc that are affecting browsers and devices regardless of whether you have an apple product, android, pc, mac, etc. Wish I had a better answer, if anyone does please let me know, but I hope this helps somewhat.

Not true.

I've done this, factory reset my phone and such but every single website I visit the annoying amazon winner pop-up keeps showing.

Nobody can hack all CNN, CNBC, NBA, MLS, BBC and so many others. The problem is with the phone.

Then it must be a problem with every phone. As you’ve read, complaints have been made referencing every browser and every platform. Right now ad blockers are your best bet. Either that or just grin and bear it or don’t use mobile devices for browsing. Me, I started using ad blockers years ago and have never seen this issue. Hadn’t even heard of it until my wife started complaining a week or so ago.

It’s been happening to me for almost 8 months. It’s been rendering my iPhone useless for internet browser purposes. I’ve done what they say. I’ve cleared cache. Cleared and reset everything. I’m beginning to think iPhones are no longer safe. I’m sick of it.

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Clearing browser data doesn’t work. Can’t believe Apple’s sitting on their butt while this exploit renders Safari less usable than Internet Explorer. Wake up FFS!

Can’t believe you’re sitting on you’re butt and not reading the other posts in this thread that explain why it happens and why it isn’t something that Apple can fix.

Apple does need to get on this. It's a vulnerability!

No, it isn't. Ads and spam are a fact of life if you are connected to the Internet in any way. Apple has no control over every single site (literally, billions).

I use the free AdGuard on my iPhone. It works very well. Make sure to turn on the Annoyance option in the app, which is off by default. Why I'm not sure, since that setting is (in part) for blocking popups.

Agree with what? That Apple can't control the vastness of the Internet?

No, her iPhone isn't useless, and yes, it's just as safe as any other Internet device. And with iOS, the most secure OS currently known to exist, her iPhone is safer than any other device you can currently buy.

It's been said more than once, and I said it in my post right before yours. Get an ad blocker. There are a number of free ones that work very well. All you have to do is open the App Store on your iPhone and get one.

User Tezcatlo has a lot of good points, though one isn't possible.

Last, ALWAYS use https and not http when going to a website as it is more secure.

Can't be done. The site you're going to has to setup secure access on their end before you can use an https connection. Most don't. Simply adding an "s" to the URL isn't going to automatically result in a secure connection. Actually, if they don't have secure access setup, you won't get a connection at all.

IDK I have tried everything possible. I don’t even have barely any apps on my phone. No Facebook, Twitter, Tapatalk etc. it’s completely ridiculous and Apple is pretty crappy for not finding a fix to it. Then someone told me to get google chrome and boom there it was. I disabled or enabled the java whatever I was told and sorry....if I wanted to view any news articles on that I would just use my laptop because it wasn’t letting me view videos on YouTube or anything. This problem is totally out of hand. All the money I paid for this phone should not have these issues. I mean Christ Apple even replaced the bad batteries they installed but at a discount price which wasn’t discounted at all. I’m done with apple. I’m a single mom, I don’t have money to blow on apple every 6 months because of their horrible phones. Every website I go on BOOM there it is. Oh and trust me I have tried every step on this website and none of it works. Just another gimmic for apple to make you spend money on their crap, overpriced phone.