Browser Problems on iPhone and iPad
Latetly it seems like my iPhone and iPad browsers are possessed. Pop ups open with BS "You've just won a .......", " answer a few questions and we'll send you gift card", "you've been selected for...
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Thanks Fizz, you made my little noggin light turn on.
Until yesterday, I had been fighting this problem on just my iPhone. It also seemed to happen mostly when the phone is using cellular data vs. wifi, so I had been consoling myself with "Well, at least it's not happening on the iPad". Then yesterday while browsing with Firefox on the iPad, one of those dang pop ups saying I won something opened up. GDI!!! :M I almost threw it out the window.
Your post reminded me that I had installed Betafish AdBlock on the iPad when I first got it. I also THOUGHT I had installed it on the iPhone, but when I checked I discovered that I hadn't. AdBlock doesn't support Firefox, and I use Safari most of the time, so that's why I hadn't seen that problem on the iPad but was seeing it all the time on the iPhone regardless of which browser I was using. AdBlock actually does a pretty good job of blocking that stuff.
Anyway, I just installed AdBlock on the iPhone and it seems to be working better now. I guess I should figure out how to get apps to install on both devices when installed on either one so this doesn't happen again.
Thanks for the help.
:):)
Until yesterday, I had been fighting this problem on just my iPhone. It also seemed to happen mostly when the phone is using cellular data vs. wifi, so I had been consoling myself with "Well, at least it's not happening on the iPad". Then yesterday while browsing with Firefox on the iPad, one of those dang pop ups saying I won something opened up. GDI!!! :M I almost threw it out the window.
Your post reminded me that I had installed Betafish AdBlock on the iPad when I first got it. I also THOUGHT I had installed it on the iPhone, but when I checked I discovered that I hadn't. AdBlock doesn't support Firefox, and I use Safari most of the time, so that's why I hadn't seen that problem on the iPad but was seeing it all the time on the iPhone regardless of which browser I was using. AdBlock actually does a pretty good job of blocking that stuff.
Anyway, I just installed AdBlock on the iPhone and it seems to be working better now. I guess I should figure out how to get apps to install on both devices when installed on either one so this doesn't happen again.
Thanks for the help.
:):)
