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Keep getting sent to a different website

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MendaciousMabel · 07/11/2022 17:38

Is anyone else getting a new website pop up (lucky puppy) full of ads when browsing mumsnet on chrome for iPhone? It’s happened to me 4 times in the last 15 minutes and one of the times I wasn’t even touching my phone it just redirected to lucky puppy

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Mrsfussypants1 · 07/11/2022 21:45

Same here. Every thread I go on. Started about 30 mins ago for me. I've closed all my tabs and checked ran a security check on my device.

Eudaimonia5 · 07/11/2022 21:52

I'm also getting it. Is it a virus?

Keep getting sent to a different website
Mrsfussypants1 · 07/11/2022 21:58

Virus or hackers?

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 07/11/2022 22:00

Yup it's driving me crazy

Mrsfussypants1 · 07/11/2022 22:01

It's appears to have stopped for me. Anyone else?

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 07/11/2022 22:11

No, still doing it here

LilyMumsnet · 07/11/2022 22:16

Hi all

We're really sorry that this is persisting - please do bear with us. All the extra information is so helpful and we will get to the bottom of it ASAP.

ClaudineClare · 07/11/2022 22:24

Still getting it here!

stuntbubbles · 07/11/2022 22:24

Still getting it here – these are the redirects it sends me through

Keep getting sent to a different website
ShopoholicIn · 07/11/2022 22:28

Virgin sorry.. n link again

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 07/11/2022 22:35

This is what I keep getting

Keep getting sent to a different website
Allsizes8to14 · 07/11/2022 22:41

Only started in the last hour for me, lucky pup but the BT one. Making mumsnet unusable so that’s me logging off for the night. Just hope it’s not a virus that causes problems for me elsewhere 😖

Namechanger355 · 07/11/2022 22:48

Only started 30 mins ago - it goes to virgin for me

Sleeplessinthesouth71 · 16/11/2022 22:55

Not been on site much lately but had EE and O2 ones.
There was an article by the Daily Mirror. about them when I searched.

LilyMumsnet · 17/11/2022 10:22

Sleeplessinthesouth71 · 16/11/2022 22:55

Not been on site much lately but had EE and O2 ones.
There was an article by the Daily Mirror. about them when I searched.

Hello! This should be fixed now - is it still happening for you?

Sleeplessinthesouth71 · 17/11/2022 10:24

It only happened once o and I closed it down and cleared browsing history. All good thank you.

Somersetbunny9 · 11/01/2023 11:03

Hi,
This is what I have received today, second one first was supposedly from BR Rewards Survey.
.very dodgy!

Keep getting sent to a different website
HebeMumsnet · 11/01/2023 12:50

Hi there SomersetBunny,

We'll have a look at this now. If you could send us the url of that page it took you to, that would be extremely helpful and if you can tell us where on Mumsnet you were when it happened and what you were doing (scrolling, clicking, typing a post etc) that would be great, too.

Thanks! Flowers

nilsmousehammer · 11/01/2023 13:34

Yup. Two forcible hijacks today, one was a McAfee 'oh we're scanning a ton of viruses' one which I closed the browser to shut down. Both FWR threads, one I was reading, the other when typing a post.

Somersetbunny9 · 11/01/2023 16:02

I was just web browsing (using Chrome) and looking at todays news (Daily Mail or Fail as it is referred to here 😂)I Googled Lucky Puppy on my PC and found others on here who had experienced the same. Looking at my phones history, they have tried again Vodafone and Netflix these times.

TightFistedWozerk · 11/01/2023 16:06

nilsmousehammer · 11/01/2023 13:34

Yup. Two forcible hijacks today, one was a McAfee 'oh we're scanning a ton of viruses' one which I closed the browser to shut down. Both FWR threads, one I was reading, the other when typing a post.

Same, both McAfee, I closed the browser page each time without clicking on it, so no url obtained, sorry Tech Team.

nilsmousehammer · 12/01/2023 15:11

Still happening today, just had another McAffee page hijack.

LilyMumsnet · 12/01/2023 15:46

Hi all

Please can you send us links to where you were on site when this happened?

nilsmousehammer · 12/01/2023 16:26

It's varied. I've had two hijacks today in quick succession, one while reading an AIBU, the other while trying to open the 'I'm on' page.

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