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My niece reported on Sunday night that whilst browsing the SMB on her Android phone using Chrome she got 4 virus alerts and appeared to be redirected to a couple of random sites.

I checked her phone yesterday and in Chrome history there were 4 dubious sites all entitled something like 'youmadethedeal'

I downloaded a beta version of Malwarebytes and ran a couple of scans but it did not throw up any viruses.

I suspect she was running an old version of Chrome so I updated that to the latest version and asked her to keep me informed of any other strange behaviour.

She also uses a Nexus tablet with Chrome and has had no issues.

I'm running the same phone, Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, but with the latest version of Chrome and haven't had any problems.
 
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Redirected to App Store on Wifi tonight. Loads of times. Game of war and shit like that.

Roger, how much is this advert free thing? Will that 100% stop the redirections. I feel I have no choice but to be forced into it. Not usable on a mobile device any more this forum. Not far off a year and the situation is not resolved.
 
Redirected to App Store on Wifi tonight. Loads of times. Game of war and shit like that.

Roger, how much is this advert free thing? Will that 100% stop the redirections. I feel I have no choice but to be forced into it. Not usable on a mobile device any more this forum. Not far off a year and the situation is not resolved.
I use iphone 99% of the time on wifi, 4g and 3G and have never once been redirected to a website while being a 'contributor' to this site.

Imo, the amount of time you spend on this forum is worth the money it's self. Click on my 'contributor' banner to learn more.
 
I use iphone 99% of the time on wifi, 4g and 3G and have never once been redirected to a website while being a 'contributor' to this site.

Imo, the amount of time you spend on this forum is worth the money it's self. Click on my 'contributor' banner to learn more.

I am not joking, I have just clicked onto the contributor banner and been redirect to the App Store!!!
 
I am not joking, I have just clicked onto the contributor banner and been redirect to the App Store!!!

Something very odd going on with your phone. As that is an internal link and nothing to do with the external advertisers. It also doesn't make sense that you got redirected from both of those networks, particularly as one only runs their own ads and not ones from the bidding market.
 
I've just been redirected to the App Store twice in quick succession. One to Uber and other time to William Hill. Also been redirected to porn sites a few times.
 
Something very odd going on with your phone. As that is an internal link and nothing to do with the external advertisers. It also doesn't make sense that you got redirected from both of those networks, particularly as one only runs their own ads and not ones from the bidding market.

No idea. I have removed an installed chrome, asked Apple about it all and everything is ok on their end. Also, I have no other issues at all on any other website.
 
Also spoke to EE and they have said it has to be the individual web page I am visiting. It has nothing to do with my device and it doesn't happen on any other web page I visit, not one.
 
Also spoke to EE and they have said it has to be the individual web page I am visiting. It has nothing to do with my device and it doesn't happen on any other web page I visit, not one.
I only get redirected on here like. Did it on Wifi last night too sending me to a porn app which tries to fleece you.
 

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