Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I was just pidling around like usual.....a little FB, WTM, glance at the tv, look back at IPAD and BAM! For the first time ever porn on my IPAD. I kept hitting the back button teyimg to figure out how I got there and I just kept getting a refreshed page of new porn. What the heck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Oh no! The only time that happened to me, a babysitter had been looking at porn instead of babysitting. Do you think it was a kid? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I set the restrictions on my iPhone to pretty restricted settings and my dh has also set our DNS server to allow none of that. I really really don't want to see it at all, and so I do miss some things that I can't connect to that really are probably OK, but this is the path I have chosen for myself. I think I have my iPhone and iMac set at whatever the 17yo restrictions are. YMMV and if anyone else sets theirs differently, that is also fine with me. This is my choice, however, and I have *never* had to deal with things "just showing up." Thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Oh no! The only time that happened to me, a babysitter had been looking at porn instead of babysitting. Do you think it was a kid? This has been the case for me in the past and for a friend as well. The DNS server setting helped a lot with this. I'm not saying it can't happen and that other people can't get this kind of thing through doing magic tricks with technology. But we have made it at least something of a chore to do so, and that has kept things cleaner for me. I know that there is a certain amount of sticking my head in the sand on this, but everyone who uses our network at this point is an adult, and they have to make their own choices as to what they are going to do with technology... In addition, any young people who come to my house to visit are going to have to find this stuff with their own efforts and resources. I'm not going to be the police anymore. Character is up to adults to choose for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 My guess, based on nothing, is that someone in your house was looking at it and now it is in the cookies (no idea if that is the right term). Sorry you are dealing with this. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 These posts usually go back to someone else spending time on the internet device. :( 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I have my settings set to strict. The babysitter issue was years ago. Nothing has ever made it through before or since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Go to General. Turn restrictions on. We have no explicit music, PG 13, TV 14, no explicit s3xual content in books, and websites are restricted to limit adult content. We have this on every apple product, including my own phone. It just makes it safe®. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I was just pidling around like usual.....a little FB, WTM, glance at the tv, look back at IPAD and BAM! For the first time ever porn on my IPAD. I kept hitting the back button teyimg to figure out how I got there and I just kept getting a refreshed page of new porn. What the heck! Restart your iPad and see if it is Ok. If not reset your iPad to original factory settings and see if it is Ok. If not search for the PSA I posted and see if your model has a Security issue and if an OS update is available for it. Look on the Apple Support web site. Sent from my SM-G355M using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Now was this actual porn, or like a Calvin Klein ad or something? I've heard some people who are very conservative freak out about porn on their computer, only to find out it was a bikini ad or something and they consider porn to be anything with an exposed stomach. ;) Which is fine, if you don't like it you shouldn't have to look at it, but if it wasn't actual porn there was probably nothing nefarious going on. Some websites who sell adspace to random companies can inadvertently get porn ads because the ads have a script in them that slams your computer or tablet with a popup when you go to the site. I have this happen occasionally with certain newspaper websites. If you know which website you were on when it happened, you can email the webmaster and give them a heads up. That's the most likely explanation if you were looking at perfectly normal websites and the porn just popped up out of nowhere. (That or a computer virus.) If you were searching on Google for something fairly tame and getting porn websites in your search results, that could be the result of someone using your device. But the random popups are usually either rogue scripts inserted into ads or a virus. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Go look at website data to see if there is history someone has deleted. That porn only would have gotten there one way. Also, the kids may have watched you and figured out the passcode and enabled looking at it when you were not around. Check and see the restrictions are still set at nothing explicit settingsz Edited July 26, 2017 by Janeway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Now was this actual porn, or like a Calvin Klein ad or something? I've heard some people who are very conservative freak out about porn on their computer, only to find out it was a bikini ad or something and they consider porn to be anything with an exposed stomach. ;) Which is fine, if you don't like it you shouldn't have to look at it, but if it wasn't actual porn there was probably nothing nefarious going on. Some websites who sell adspace to random companies can inadvertently get porn ads because the ads have a script in them that slams your computer or tablet with a popup when you go to the site. I have this happen occasionally with certain newspaper websites. If you know which website you were on when it happened, you can email the webmaster and give them a heads up. That's the most likely explanation if you were looking at perfectly normal websites and the porn just popped up out of nowhere. (That or a computer virus.) If you were searching on Google for something fairly tame and getting porn websites in your search results, that could be the result of someone using your device. But the random popups are usually either rogue scripts inserted into ads or a virus. No it was real porn. Not bare bellies. Porn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Go look at website data to see if there is history someone has deleted. That porn only would have gotten there one way. Also, the kids may have watched you and figured out the passcode and enabled looking at it when you were not around. Check and see the restrictions are still set at nothing explicit settingsz No one else has been on my IPad. I am 100% sure of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Restart your iPad and see if it is Ok. If not reset your iPad to original factory settings and see if it is Ok. If not search for the PSA I posted and see if your model has a Security issue and if an OS update is available for it. Look on the Apple Support web site. Sent from my SM-G355M using Tapatalk Well, when I closed out of that tab it did not reappear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 No it was real porn. Not bare bellies. Porn. Yeah, my guess would be that it was the website and not your iPad. If you want to minimize the chances of it happening again, you could install an adblocker if you haven't already. It looks like they have AdBlock for iPads now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Oh no! The only time that happened to me, a babysitter had been looking at porn instead of babysitting. Do you think it was a kid? No. No one has been on my IPAD. I am 100% sure of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Go to General. Turn restrictions on. We have no explicit music, PG 13, TV 14, no explicit s3xual content in books, and websites are restricted to limit adult content. We have this on every apple product, including my own phone. It just makes it safe®. But why suddenly after 5 years would this be an issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 People you have to trust me on this. No one has been on my IPad. I have it on my person 24/7. I took it to work today.....and today is the first time I have worked in 10 days because I have been off with my husband recovering from surgery. And I didn't look at it at work. Nor did anyone else....it sat in my bag by my desk and I took it to lunch with me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 People you have to trust me on this. No one has been on my IPad. I have it on my person 24/7. I took it to work today.....and today is the first time I have worked in 10 days because I have been off with my husband recovering from surgery. And I didn't look at it at work. Nor did anyone else....it sat in my bag by my desk and I took it to lunch with me. Did it show up at home, or at work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Now was this actual porn, or like a Calvin Klein ad or something? I've heard some people who are very conservative freak out about porn on their computer, only to find out it was a bikini ad or something and they consider porn to be anything with an exposed stomach. ;) Which is fine, if you don't like it you shouldn't have to look at it, but if it wasn't actual porn there was probably nothing nefarious going on. Some websites who sell adspace to random companies can inadvertently get porn ads because the ads have a script in them that slams your computer or tablet with a popup when you go to the site. I have this happen occasionally with certain newspaper websites. If you know which website you were on when it happened, you can email the webmaster and give them a heads up. That's the most likely explanation if you were looking at perfectly normal websites and the porn just popped up out of nowhere. (That or a computer virus.) If you were searching on Google for something fairly tame and getting porn websites in your search results, that could be the result of someone using your device. But the random popups are usually either rogue scripts inserted into ads or a virus. It had to be some random pop up.....I was just mindlessly surfing....but normal stuff....and the website was something about snap chat....but like it then went really bad. Edited July 26, 2017 by Scarlett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Did it show up at home, or at work? At home. I didn't didn't even use it at work, but it was also, never out of my site. Edited July 26, 2017 by Scarlett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 People you have to trust me on this. No one has been on my IPad. I have it on my person 24/7. I took it to work today.....and today is the first time I have worked in 10 days because I have been off with my husband recovering from surgery. And I didn't look at it at work. Nor did anyone else....it sat in my bag by my desk and I took it to lunch with me. Try not to worry, the pop up thing is pretty common. I've had it happen a couple times on my phone, and I KNOW no one else has used my phone because it's brand new and requires a fingerprint scan to unlock. And surfing porn websites wouldn't directly cause porn ads to pop up. It could potentially infect your device with a virus, that could in turn possibly cause weird pop ups, but that kind of virus you can pick up from a lot of different websites, so it's certainly not an indicator that someone's been watching porn even if you do have some kind of malware. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Was it on FB? The Instant Pot group has crazy spam pop up sometimes. The moderators try to delete it quickly, but I got an eyeful last week. Very glad my kids weren't around when I scrolled past that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I don't know what the equivalent on an ipad is, but on the PC if something fishy shows up I did "ctrl alt del" and task manager and close that way. I try my best not to touch the actual boxes that are being spammy. Like those pop ups that are supposedly concerned you have a virus but probably are the virus lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Another possibility, the misspelling of a common search word or term will inadvertently lead you to porn. The classic is the now defunct whitehouse.com instead of .org or.gov. I tell this to the boss all the time. Technically, I believe it is now against U.S. federal law to do so, but the web is global. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I was just pidling around like usual.....a little FB, WTM, glance at the tv, look back at IPAD and BAM! For the first time ever porn on my IPAD. I kept hitting the back button teyimg to figure out how I got there and I just kept getting a refreshed page of new porn. What the heck! Something similar happened on my iPad Air 2 a couple of days ago: I was on a website which I consider "safe" and all of a sudden, a different page came up. It wasn't p@rn, but it was some sort of nonsense that I didn't choose. And there were about 20 pages of it in the history. Here's a tip for those who see this: DO NOT just hit the back arrow to try to get back to your page, since these things often populate many pages of their crap. Instead, PRESS AND HOLD the back arrow. That will give you the complete list of history for that tab. Then you can choose one of the pages which you actually visited. Because this had just happened, I was very eager to install the iOS update that Lanny told us about yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It had to be some random pop up.....I was just mindlessly surfing....but normal stuff....and the website was something about snap chat....but like it then went really bad. A few years ago I started getting random pop ups that were porn. Dh helped me check for viruses, I think he cleared out cookies and then we changed the settings. It didn't happened after that. Yesterday there was news about updating apple products. Have you done that. Did the porn show up before or after after the update. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 A few years ago I started getting random pop ups that were porn. Dh helped me check for viruses, I think he cleared out cookies and then we changed the settings. It didn't happened after that. Yesterday there was news about updating apple products. Have you done that. Did the porn show up before or after after the update. I didn't do the update. My IPad is almost 5 years old and I fear the update will mess it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Frog Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I had this happen once many years ago. I was googling "poems about sisters" and clicked on a normal looking link. Instead, it took me to a completely different porn site. I think the link had been hijacked (whatever that may be called in computer-speak). I cleared my cookies and did a virus check, but there weren't any problems with my computer and I haven't had any more problems since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 The best I can tell from looking at my history from last night ( I was so rattled I couldn't remember how to find my history last night!) I was googling knee replacement recovery meds. Anyway,,I am going to not worry about it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) I didn't do the update. My IPad is almost 5 years old and I fear the update will mess it up. If Apple has the OS Update for your iPad, that is because it has the Security Vulnerability. As I recall it has to do with WiFi. Google took care of that Vulnerability for Androids, earlier this month. Yes, there is always a possibility that an Update or Upgrade will go awry and screw things up. (I Flashed different Firmware into my Samsung Android phone in mid-April and turned it into a "Soft Brick". I was not happy. My wife was not happy. The next day I found other Firmware and Flashed it and it works fine now. So, often, if an Update or Upgrade or Firmware Flash goes awry, there is a chance to resurrect the device. Sometimes, however, things are turned into a "Hard Brick" which is something one can use for a paperweight). If your iPad has a known Security Vulnerability and you choose not to install an Update the OEM has made available, to try to protect your iPad, that's a decision only you can make. NOTE: If you do the Update, I suggest that you have the battery Fully charged, before you begin and that the iPad is plugged in and charging the battery, while that's going on. If your iPad has been infected by a Virus or Malware or something like that, you need to remove that from your iPad. This URL is on the Apple Support web site regarding scanning an iPad for Malicious Code: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7445387?start=0&tstart=0 Possibly that will get you started. If not, contact Apple Support on their web site. I hope you can get your iPad to work properly again, very soon! Edited July 26, 2017 by Lanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 The best I can tell from looking at my history from last night ( I was so rattled I couldn't remember how to find my history last night!) I was googling knee replacement recovery meds. Anyway,,I am going to not worry about it. I had a one off incident like that several months ago. It was really jarring because it was so unexpected. I never had any pop ups after that, hopefully it will be the same for you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I didn't do the update. My IPad is almost 5 years old and I fear the update will mess it up.Unfortunately, if it is an iPad 2, Apple doesn't provide updates anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Unfortunately, if it is an iPad 2, Apple doesn't provide updates anymore. It is a 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I didn't do the update. My IPad is almost 5 years old and I fear the update will mess it up. That's about how old my iPad2 is and because of age, it can't/won't update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It is a 3 O.K. The iPad 3 is stranded at iOS 9 just like the iPad 2. They did not get the latest security update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 O.K. The iPad 3 is stranded at iOS 9 just like the iPad 2. They did not get the latest security update. ok ty. Good to know. I figure I am going to have to get a new one soon. 5 years is a pretty good run for something I have used daily. It still holds a charge well and I've had no problems with it. Well, until last night when ugh, porn! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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