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Livid - porn on my phone! please help

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bibbitybobbityyhat · 15/07/2016 08:12

I'm not the most tech savvy person, can anyone help please?

Last night I was posting on Mumsnet and an advert for a sex chat site appeared out of nowhere which had a close up video of a woman using a vibrator on herself that completely filled the screen Angry.

How did I inadvertently do this? It was on the Louise Mensch thread, I followed a link to the tweet and read it, then went back to post my message. I think when I hit post is when the porn appeared but I can't be entirely sure. I couldn't work out how to get it to stop either for a minute, or how to close the page.

I don't want porn on my phone ffs! What can I do?

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KateMumsnet · 19/07/2016 23:08

Hello again everyone

We're really sorry this has taken so long - the redirects are bloody horrid and we're mortified that you've been subject to them.

Unfortunately we've not been able to identify the rogue ad, so we're turning them all off now. This will take about 30 mins so please do bear with us till then.

In the morning we'll regroup and try again, and we might at that point enlist your help by asking some of you to download an app that makes it easier for us to hunt down the culprits, but we'll explain more tomorrow. Apols again, folks, really.

specialsubject · 19/07/2016 23:07

Porn site for me too on a kindle fire. No ad clicking. Done a factory reset and it is back as soon as I return to mn.

You've got a big problem!!

StorminaBcup · 19/07/2016 23:02

I've just had a porn ad popup too. I was in threads I'm on and then it changed the url to whatever the page was. I'm on Google chrome on mobile.

HopeArden · 19/07/2016 23:00

This has just happened again - some bloody site called snapfuck followed by the virus pop up

Cadsuane · 19/07/2016 22:55

Samsung tablet just now reading a thread im aibu. Opened the next page and just as i started reading a porn page opened up. Using the on board browser.

startingtheengine · 19/07/2016 22:55

I've just had the porn one pop up ConfusedAngry. Was on active threads, no links clicked.
Windows Phone

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PresidentOliviaMumsnet · 19/07/2016 22:47

But we do understand why you've screen grabbed to show us as NE CRICKET PAS
Apols again

AYD2MITalkTalk · 19/07/2016 22:46

I miiiight have been the one who posted a porny screenshot on page 1…

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PresidentOliviaMumsnet · 19/07/2016 22:43

@AYD2MITalkTalk

Sorry Olivia Blush

Oh gosh, please don't apologise
I prob wasn't clear - what I meant was

  • screenshots of what's going on/where you're being linked from good sites to wrong uns= good
  • screenshots of porn = no thank you very much
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PresidentOliviaMumsnet · 19/07/2016 22:41

WE've got tech working on this right now
In the meantime thanks to thoe who have posted helpful links - we'll remove those to prevent any extra traffic but thanks for refs
Please do keep any other instances coming so we can fix this

hesterton · 19/07/2016 22:36

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PortiaCastis · 19/07/2016 22:36

Oh dear I have been confronted with a fanjo in all it's glory just by opening a thread
10.23pm on android tablet using chrome. Avast is not picking up any threats.
My eyes hurt

SlipperyJack · 19/07/2016 22:34

Another victim of Fuckswipe here.

loopsngeorge · 19/07/2016 22:33

Me too, on a Sony Xperia in the middle of reading a thread from "in the News" So glad I'm not the only one!!

GloGirl · 19/07/2016 22:28

And again 10.26pm

Livid - porn on my phone! please help
PetronellaOsgood · 19/07/2016 22:15

Just happened to me, iPhone, Safari, didn't click on anything , I was reading the thread on the Turkish coup and then it disappeared and up popped the porn site.

user1464734193 · 19/07/2016 22:09

I got it twice tonight.
Android

MachiKoro · 19/07/2016 22:08

Yeah- I didn't click on anything. Was just reading a thread.

NatashaRomanov · 19/07/2016 22:03

Me too. Samsung android phone, using Chrome. Reading a thread in chat and suddenly redirected to porn. 69vidzbox?

ElectronicDischarge · 19/07/2016 22:03

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ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 19/07/2016 21:59

Just got it as well.
No links, just clicked on active.

CousinChloe · 19/07/2016 21:55

Just happened to me too - it came up when I clicked on a thread (about a car parked on someones drive) and not following any dodgy link. Someone or other wants to trade nude photos with me apparently. I do not.

honeysucklejasmine · 19/07/2016 21:43

Christ! I read this thread and thought "poor lot". And then the very next thread I clicked on... fuck swipe.

Possibilityofanisland · 19/07/2016 21:43

Just happened to me too.

Reading a thread on the mobile site and then redirected to a porn site.

Sooverthis · 19/07/2016 21:42

Last two days I've had odd things ie going back to list of talk subjects tsp instead of thread I clicked on and just now got redirected to a sexdate site, I spotted it in the title box and shut it down so I offski for a few days.