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Site diverting to irrelevant gaming(?) app.

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Gruach · 10/06/2016 08:45

Surely it's not just on my phone? Innocently scrolling through any old thread, with no advert in the middle of the page, I'm suddenly confronted with a huge advert. Clicking to delete it just takes me to an apps thing.

Why is it happening?

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LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 11/06/2016 09:18

Any chance we can have a reply from HQ? I started my own thread about this yesterday morning and still haven't heard anything

kelper · 11/06/2016 09:16

I'm getting this too, not all the time, i kept thinking id pressed something

Site diverting to irrelevant gaming(?) app.
BertieBotts · 11/06/2016 08:57

I only get it on mumsnet too, I do use a few other sites with my mobile but I don't get it with those.

blimeyalldecentnamesaregone · 11/06/2016 08:25

I only get it on mumsnet (iPhone). I rarely mn on the PC but haven't noticed it there.

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 10/06/2016 23:19

I think I'm getting it on other sites too.
Is it a virus? How do I get rid of it?

blimeyalldecentnamesaregone · 10/06/2016 23:09

Cyclops as here too. Very very annoying Angry

Whyhellodaffodil · 10/06/2016 21:45

getting the gaming advert here too, really annoying and makes me panic every time in case it's a virus!

BoodlesMcToodles · 10/06/2016 21:13

I'm getting it too, even on some threads not on active/ aibu. Please do something MNHQ.

DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 10/06/2016 19:57

Mine keeps opening a new page and showing me that advert. Most recently on this thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2658138-To-ask-my-brother-to-stop-making-dirty-jokes but also a few others in active. I'm using an iPhone 6s Plus and using the standard up to date safari browser.

BertieBotts · 10/06/2016 16:44

Well a few weeks ago people were getting pop ups with porn on Shock

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Gruach · 10/06/2016 16:37

... Spoke too soon.

Bloody "Cyclops". What the hell is it? And why am I being forced to take an interest?

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Gruach · 10/06/2016 13:56

Ah - I had a feeling there had been other threads - but this was something quite new to me this morning.

On my phone the problem appears to have gone away (for) now ...

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BertieBotts · 10/06/2016 13:24

Here's the virus one. This was really hard to get rid of as well as even when I opened a new tab it made a pop up over that screen too, I couldn't open any menus etc. I had to restart my whole browser.

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Coffeecoffeebuzzbuzzbuzz · 10/06/2016 13:24

Thought it was just me- clicked off it before thinking to get a screen shot though.

BertieBotts · 10/06/2016 13:21

Here's my thread, because it has screenshots.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2648122-Screenshots-of-problematic-ads

I noticed it happens when the ad space stays blank. It randomly diverts. It's getting worse. And the other day it directed me to a dodgy "virus scan" saying my phone was infected and I needed to download some software Hmm Will try to get you screenshot of that. Unfortunately I don't have the URL any more because I couldn't get my thread to upload last time. But you can see part of it.

BertieBotts · 10/06/2016 13:17

I posted a thread about this a while ago but they ignored me :(

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 10/06/2016 11:26

Same here, iPhone and Safari
It's been going on all morning.
Please make it stop!

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