What's this rubbish?

[ajprice]

I was clear yesterday but the iPhone popup came up a few times this morning.

[Silent1]

iPhone 5 iOS6 O2

[Roo]

XDA said:

Thought it had gone but alas, it's back!

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And here as well.

[Manicminer]

I'm getting this too, Google Chrome on a Samsung Galaxy S2 over wifi.
Goes away if I use the full site but us on every page of the mobile site and makes PH unuseable.

[trixical]

HTC Desire, Andriod 2.3.3 on Vodafone UK
predominantly when using main PH site over wifi, I may have had it once on the main site on data as well

[Fex80]

I've just had this problem on a friend's Galaxy S2. I found a solution for my friend's phone, so I registered to post the solution for everyone else to try. This should work for every phone, including iPhones.

Possible Solution

Check your mobile browser's homepage. That is, when you open the browser (i.e. Safari, "Internet", "Browser"), CHECK THE ADDRESS OF THE PAGE YOU SEE FIRST. It's most probably a page looking similar to google, but it's address is not google.com but something entirely different (like mobirewards.com/landing/yadayadayada).

TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, edit your browser's settings and set your homepage to google.com again. This will stop the ads from appearing.

Background

The fake Google homepage executes your search, just as Google would, but then it shows these annoying ads before actually sending you to your destination. So while it seems like the page you are visiting is posting the ad, it's actually the fake google site. Getting rid of fake google therefore stops all these ads.

Cheers,

Felix

Edited by Fex80 on Saturday 13th October 21:20

[Roo]

So why does it only affect PH?

I access the net and then go onto several forums but this is the only one with the problem.

[Silent1]

Fex80 said:

I've just had this problem on a friend's Galaxy S2. I found a solution for my friend's phone, so I registered to post the solution for everyone else to try. This should work for every phone, including iPhones.

Possible Solution

Check your mobile browser's homepage. That is, when you open the browser (i.e. Safari, "Internet", "Browser"), CHECK THE ADDRESS OF THE PAGE YOU SEE FIRST. It's most probably a page looking similar to google, but it's address is not google.com but something entirely different (like mobirewards.com/landing/yadayadayada).

TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, edit your browser's settings and set your homepage to google.com again. This will stop the ads from appearing.

Background

The fake Google homepage executes your search, just as Google would, but then it shows these annoying ads before actually sending you to your destination. So while it seems like the page you are visiting is posting the ad, it's actually the fake google site. Getting rid of fake google therefore stops all these ads.

Cheers,

Felix

Edited by Fex80 on Saturday 13th October 21:20

No that's not what's causing it but it sounds like it might hijack some android systems as well

[odyssey2200]

Reset my home page and it still happens. Today is worse than ever. Come on PH sort it out FFS.

[bga]

odyssey2200 said:

Reset my home page and it still happens. Today is worse than ever. Come on PH sort it out FFS.

Agree, this is incredibly frustrating and seriously detracts from the generally positive experience that is PH.

[anonymous-user]

i got one on my ics 4.0 tablet.

[anonymous-user]

Doing my box in happening on & off for over a week now

Edit to add same as manicminer above, 2.3.5 on Galaxy S2, 3 network over wifi on virgin

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 14th October 22:10

[Roo]

I started this thread on 5th October and it's STILL happening.

WTF is going on?

[Digger]

I'm unaffected. I assume deleting cookies etc wont resolve for those affected?

[M@verick]

Digger said:

I'm unaffected. I assume deleting cookies etc wont resolve for those affected?

I have tried that (Iphone iOS6, from my home network via wifi) and it stops the problem temporarily, later it will manifest itself again. Im just going to block the domain via my router - I dont get this via 3G, only when connected via my home network. Im guessing my mobile provider (O2) 's content filtering is better than my home firewall.

@PH towers - any update as to where this came from and what you have done to sort it ?.

R.

[Ant.]

Happening on my Galaxy S2 whether using data or wifi, making PH unusable on the phone at the moment...


PH Towers SORT IT !!!!

[Switch]

A proverbial rocket has been deployed...

[jock mcsporran]

Since switching to Google Chrome with Adblock I haven't had any attempts at pop ups or redirects. Not sure it'll last but so far so good.

[bga]

I think another rocket is required! I have started getting them again this evening.

[anonymous-user]

bga said:

I think another rocket is required! I have started getting them again this evening.

Same here

It wants a nuclear bomb dropping on the residence of mobile rewards, pointless barstewards they are.