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Been seeing more of these type of ads popping up when mobile viewing. The problem has stopped as I don't try and scroll before the site has loaded. I believe it was these ads I was clicking on while scrolling. No problems with any other website and no malware on my phone.
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It’s not you Andy, I had them on a BRAND NEW iPhone on the first day I got it.

So it must have come with pre installed malware for this site only.
 
According to the site owners it's absolutely impossible though Lee. We must be wrong.
 
Well I’m no IT expert, far from it but I do know this.

My phone had it from day 1, the same as my previous iPhone. Maybe I infected my phone with my grubby hands.

I don’t get those types of ads on other forums.

Posting a message on this forum does not remove the ads as the site owner suggests.
 
One of the first options of a trial AVG ,was to delete my internet history CARP ! (Have a newer phone -even that filled up with -Bigged up google services ... )
Allegedly Motorola come with less pre-installed ,bundled rubbish..
(but not what I have)
 
Been seeing more of these type of ads popping up when mobile viewing. The problem has stopped as I don't try and scroll before the site has loaded. I believe it was these ads I was clicking on while scrolling. No problems with any other website and no malware on my phone.
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Contrary to what they are saying on that pop up - it is a joke because you can’t be the millionth viewer everyday and you @Andy78 cant be the millionth because I am! Don’t know where to turn!
 
I feel so left out...what's an app? I've got a windows phone! Mugger who grabbed it off me at the bus station returned it 2 minutes later, with a look of sympathy/scorn on his face...
I've just replaced the battery on the phone I use for work, a good old 3310 so I see your "what's an app?" and I raise you a "what's a wifi?"
 
One of my installed apps is causing spurious adverts to be placed on this forum ?
as daft as it sounds, yup. I kept getting similar a few years ago whenever I went on a car forum I was a member of. The app had somehow hijacked the browser just at that page. In the end I traced it to a crappy little app I used to track exercise. Once deleted it stopped.
 
as daft as it sounds, yup. I kept getting similar a few years ago whenever I went on a car forum I was a member of. The app had somehow hijacked the browser just at that page. In the end I traced it to a crappy little app I used to track exercise. Once deleted it stopped.
Quite a few others have reported these ads though.

The only apps I have came with the phone or from legit sources. No daft little apps like that.
 
Quite a few others have reported these ads though.

The only apps I have came with the phone or from legit sources. No daft little apps like that.
interesting.... I know I haven't had anything like that, but I do use a pop up blocker and an ad blocker through Chrome.
 
I would have replied sooner, but after waiting for my browser to be checked I not only found out I was the 1,000,000th visitor awaiting a huge prize but also some chinese girls where interested in me so have been somewhat pre occupied.
 

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