I’m sorry I have to write this, but I need your help, especially if you are an Apple products user, such as iPad or iPhone. I have been getting complaints from people that visit WUWT for a few days now that have been saying they have been getting these fake “Google” pop-up ads that redirect to another website, making it nearly impossible to read articles on WUWT.
I don’t own a single Apple product, so I can’t check, but I did verify with WordPress engineers that the problem exists, and is real. They think they finally have it locked down, but I need some help to check. So if you have either of these devices (seems to be a mobile device issue only) please check WUWT now and tell me if you see anything like this:
If you still see something like, please leave a comment and provide as much details as you can. If you have an Apple product, and you aren’t seeing this sort of ad, that information is useful too.
Thanks. I’m sorry for the trouble, I have no control over this.
Anthony
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I have had this happen on this and other sites.
For me, it usually isn’t instantaneous, but will redirect a tab that has been open a while. It usually fills the “back” queue with copies of itself, so your actual page is lost.
Thanks for your diligence in monitoring for this BS.
AT&T, LTE, iPhone SE & iOS 12.0.1 and it’s working just fine.
I had one about two months ago but have not experienced any recently. iPhone SE, IOS 12.0.1, AT&T and using office wifi mostly.
I was getting those type of redirect ads for several days when trying to read articles here. They seem to have stopped now. I’m an Android user not Apple fwiw.
In IOS you can block pop ups in safari. Go to settings/safari and choose option. I do and have no problems of this kind on iPhone, iPad. On a MacBook I believe that is the default.
Consider yourself lucky John. My pop-up blocker is on and I still get them. Do you still see the embedded ads when viewing WUWT?
From what I can tell these aren’t popups – they are url redirects. After arriving at the url in the link clicked (in this case WUWT) one of the ads being displayed redirects to a completely different destination url. Given that the ads displayed are determined by your online activity it is entirely possible that this is only seen by a subset of iPhone users. And since the ads targeted at someone are rotated, it is also random whether and when anyone will see it.
FWIW, WUWT isn’t the only site where I’ve seen this happen on my iPhone. I have not seen it on my iMac.
No problem on this iPad Air (gen 4) running iOS 12.0.1 and viewing WUWT in Safari in England.
However viewing the Daily Telegraph homepage (same kit) has been constantly interrupted by this malware for the last few days.
It would appear that the hackers have upped their game and have started to infect many more sites.
I have two ad blocks so I never get pop up ads anymore.
Heartily recommend Privacy badger.
Come on guys this is not difficult to solve!i
I’ve had the same thing, but it’s “Congratulations Amazon User”, pop up intermittently on this site for months. IPad Air2. Regards.
I check WWUWT regularly using iPad and have had no problems recently.
I am located in France.
I use exclusively Apple products and have no problem. One thing I like to mention is the recent update of their operating system called Mojave. I updated without problems but others may have problems associated with it.
Yes,Iwas getting these on my iPad in UK.Easy to click on back button and return toWUWT .
Peace n love .
Yes you
Just checked on my iPhone (don’t normally use it for web reading): no problems with WUWT. Carry on! /LEJ