Hello, one of our corporate users that uses an iPhone keeps receiving a popup spam message from "http://newnotice.org saying he won something. This is obviously spam. It happens in every program. What could be causing this? He has a regular iPhone 4 with no jailbreak or anything like that. Normal business apps. Only for business use. I will try to post a screenshot.
Optional Information: Computer OS: Other Browser: Safari
Hello, I am Pete, and I'll be happy to assist with your question today.
Some sites the user has been visiting have been somehow made to be carriers of a malicious JavaScript that redirects them to this popup site.
You can prevent the popups occurring byinstalling AdBlock or GlimmerBlocker,
You could also try JavaScript Blocker, which will help block JavaScripts from running on certain sites.
.....Did you happen to miss the part where I said this was an iPhone? None of that is possible with an iPhone...
No, I got that part!
It is possible to block popup ads on the iPhone -
AdBlock is an extension for MobileSafari that filters out advertisements when you are surfing the Internet from your iPhone.
You could also turn off Javascript completely to help block the ads:From the iPhone home screen, tap Settings. Scroll down and tap the Safari button. Under Security, slide Javascript to Off.
How in the world do you install adblock? And as for Javascript, we need that for some internal applications. I just want to know how to make this particular problem go away
Are any web pages currently open in Safari?
I ask this because there must be some link to the original website that is still driving the popups.
Either an open browser page or an app that has been installed...
This isn't just in Safari... it happens in Mail.app and other applications
Are you certain that the iPhone isn't jailbroken?
Positive.
Have you tried restoring the iPhone to factory settings?
No... and we really don't want to... that would require entirely resetting up the phone which the user doesn't have time for right now.
What other applications does it happen in apart from Mail.app?
If it is only appearing in Mail, then here is a simple fix:
Goto Settings>Notifications>Mail> the choose "Alerts" in the alert style menu. Set the Alert Style to "None".
Fixed the issue myself.