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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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megletthesecond · 23/07/2016 10:29

I'll clear my cache and cross my fingers.

Roussette · 23/07/2016 09:18

I've got huge MN a lot this morning. Win10, laptop, Chrome browser.

It's easy to get rid of but quite persistant!

Igneococcus · 23/07/2016 08:57

Just now got the huge logo, using Chrome on a bog standard Desktop PC.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/07/2016 08:56

huge logo again this am on my iPad.

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 23/07/2016 08:05

I still get the huge logo on the laptop though.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 23/07/2016 01:39

I've just had another of these (not this exact one as I didn't screen shot it )

Livid - porn on my phone! please help
TickleMcTickleFace · 23/07/2016 01:20

I just had this happen to me - iPhone and i was on active threads. I then got a text along the same theme?! I've not been on any dodgy websites and don't know how the message came through but it was about 5 seconds after the gross advert.

lifesalongsong · 22/07/2016 23:47

What was causing the problem, I think you owe it to the users affected to explain what happened and how. I've avoided posting for the last few days and would like to be able to make my mind up about whether I feel save to use MN on my phone again

AYD2MITalkTalk · 22/07/2016 22:46

Also missing my daily dose of surprise cock :( Grin

Are you going to tell us what the problem was or is it an INDUSTRIAL SECRET??!!

kittybiscuits · 22/07/2016 22:44

None here today!

paxillin · 22/07/2016 18:39

No porn at all today Smile

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KateMumsnet · 22/07/2016 18:34

We are still holding our breath here a bit, but it does seem that it might be resolved .

Thank you all so much for bearing with us - your patience and help was much appreciated.

GloGirl · 22/07/2016 18:16

I've not been on my phone much today but really pleased to see that this has been narrowed down and by the looks of it resolved. What a pig of an issue - well done for clearing it Wine

DiamondInTheRuff · 22/07/2016 15:15

Nothing so far.

AtAt · 22/07/2016 14:32

Thanks Rebecca

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RebeccaMumsnet · 22/07/2016 14:30

@AtAt

No dodgy links, but is this one of the things we were looking out for? Just tried to flip a thread I was reading and got this.

Thanks AtAt, no, that looks like a slow connection, it happens sometimes. Just hit refresh and you should get the normal page. Do let us know if not...

MrsPMT · 22/07/2016 14:14

Nothing for me today either and have been browsing a lot.

Hacker having a laugh on a quiet few days maybe?

AtAt · 22/07/2016 13:47

No dodgy links, but is this one of the things we were looking out for? Just tried to flip a thread I was reading and got this.

Livid - porn on my phone! please help
PortiaCastis · 22/07/2016 12:44

No porn or dodgy spam today

GreenDragon1 · 22/07/2016 12:41

Nothing today for me either. Although I'm a bit wary of using my phone so I am only using it while my DD is asleep just in case!

DonkeyOaty · 22/07/2016 12:15

Nothing today

StorminaBcup · 22/07/2016 12:01

No pop-up penises here today either.

paxillin · 22/07/2016 11:52

Nothing at all today.

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RebeccaMumsnet · 22/07/2016 10:48

Thanks all for being brilliant with this. The information you have provided has been really helpful.

We think we have pinpointed the issue our end and we are going to turn the ads back on and see what happens. Please do report back to us if you see any pop-ups asap. It is important that you let us know either way as we are still unable to replicate this in the office so any sightings by you are essential for us to hear about.

Fingers crossed, we've found the issue. Please do keep us posted.

PootlewasthebestFlump · 22/07/2016 10:31

No nothing today so far and I've cleared my cache.

I've been redirected to porn a lot in the past on MN despite never logging in, it's the only website that does it.

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