What is with the random redirect to porn?

[PinkLemons]

Ok maybe not open but twice now I have been reading a thread and my browser has redirected to a site selling vibrators and dildos! The same site both times!

The first time was yesterday and I presumed I had managed to click a random link somehow. It's just done it again whilst I was reading a thread and not actually touching my phone!

[PinkLemons]

Not porn*

[eurochick]

Do you have a virus? That sounds really odd.

[PinkLemons]

No virus and only happened on MN

I live in a strict Muslim country and all even slightly dodgy sites are banned and firewalled. I not even sure how it's hot passed the firewall!

[ReluctantBeing]

I've never had that. Sounds like a virus to me.

[imaluckylady]

Exactly the same thing has happened to me - via the guardian website. And to my DH this morning via the Guardian. Sounds like the same site

[PinkLemons]

It's not possible to get a virus on an iPhone is it? I took a screenshot of the site if MNHQ want me to email a copy? The site appears to sell all manner of items and even recognises that I am in the UAE. In the search tab it has "sex toys" typed as if I have done a search. I didn't navigate the site. BTW, I am only looking at the screenshot!

[AmyMumsnet]

Crikey, we hope this isn't coming from our site! If you could email us any screenshots you have that would be great.

[EBearhug]

It's not possible to get a virus on an iPhone is it?

It's possible to get a virus on any piece of computer equipment that connects to a network, and that includes iPhones. It's more common on some operating systems than others, but nothing is completely immune.

[PinkLemons]

I've emailed the screen shot to MNHQ. I've never had anything like this before

I'm pretty sure it isn't my phone. I'll settle down with the iPad and see if it happens on there too...

[Tobbo]

I'm in the UAE and had exactly the same problem on the ipad several times whilst on MN over the last week. So glad it's not just me!

[AmyMumsnet]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the screenshot. We've spoken to tech and they say it's almost certainly adware or a virus on your computer. Sorry, that's probably not what you were hoping to hear, but it might be worth running a virus scan to see if it catches anything.

[ColetteTech]

@PinkLemons

I've emailed the screen shot to MNHQ. I've never had anything like this before

I'm pretty sure it isn't my phone. I'll settle down with the iPad and see if it happens on there too...

Hi PinkLemons,

Sorry about this, we had reports of this redirecting AliExpress ad last week and blocked it, unfortunately it looks like it's slipped through the net again. Can you confirm what device this is happening on? An iPhone?

Colette

[ColetteTech]

Hi All,

Can you let me know if this is still happening? We've put in a fix and I'm hoping this has done the trick.

Colette

[FrauEnglischLehrerin]

Just happened (again) to me. Using the desktop site on an ipad.

[Fark]

It's been happening to me too. On iMac, iPhone and iPad.

[crabb]

I had the AliExpress redirect issue last week - that seems to be fixed, but now the same thing is happening again but I'm being redirected to Candy Crush on the App Store. This happens on threads where there's an ad for Candy Crush at the bottom of the page. I'm on an iPhone using the mobile site.

[Jacksmania]

I'm on my iPhone and about a dozen times now, without me touching the screen, the Safari screen went away and the App Store screen came on with an app for some kind if a war game. Only when I'm on MN. I thought it was my phone until I saw this thread. It's been happening all day, and yesterday.

[FrauEnglischLehrerin]

I was just taken to the app store when I clicked on this thread and that's happened to me quite a few times in the last week or so. It wasn't Candy Crush but another game.

The porn redirects were to something called Erotic Tube. I haven't had another of those since I posted last week.

[ChaircatMiaow]

I have been having the same issue for the past few days whereby I am being redirected to the App Store for candy crush or some similar game while reading Mumsnet.

Tres annoying.

[ColetteTech]

FrauEnglischLehrerin and Fark - is this the Ali Express redirect again? Sorry about this, it keeps slipping through the net somehow. How recently has this happened to you both?

We'll get those ads that are automatically opening the app store blocked too, thanks for reporting.

Colette

[Jacksmania]

No redirecting to App Store happening today, yay Tech .

[FrauEnglischLehrerin]

App store redirect just happened again, to a game called Empire: Four Kingdoms.

The porn redirect has not happened again since last week.

[ColetteTech]

@FrauEnglischLehrerin

App store redirect just happened again, to a game called Empire: Four Kingdoms.

The porn redirect has not happened again since last week.

What kind of device are you on, Frau? Desktop/mobile/tablet?

[FrauEnglischLehrerin]

Ipad.

[PinkLemons]

It hasn't happened in the last few days to me. Thanks mnhq!