These are local viruses, not on the server. There are a bunch of articles about this malware on the web:
You need to run virus/malware scans on your own system to rid them of this - it’s not on our server. When I saw that Subscribers were seeing it, I knew it was not on our system, as they are blocked from ALL ads on the forum. This particular ‘Amazon gift card’ virus seems most prevalent in Apple systems with ad blockers, ironically.
If you’re using Safari as your web browser on your iPad, then Apple’s suggested fix is to update to the latest version of iOS. If that doesn’t work, then go to Settings > Safari and tap on Clear History and Website Data. Bear in mind that you’ll have to re-enter log-ins for every website where those had been saved to Safari…
Since this thread started on 12/2 and it’s happening on ipads, there’s a good chance it’s related to this:
For those having this problem, are you running ios 11.1? If that’s the case you may have to hold your nose and upgrade to the hastily pushed 11.2 release or do one of the workarounds.
The ios 11.x release has been a disaster, especially for those with older devices, and reminiscent of the bad old days with Windows… I’ve held off on upgrading my iPad from 10.x, and I’m glad I did.
Here’s how I solved it on iPad. It’s not a virus on your device. You don’t need to call Comcast. I believe it’s something in the ad system being used on bulletin board sites. What seems to happen is that it quickly loads through different pages so that it fills your history. Then when you try to go back, you think you’re going back to the page you were on, but in fact you’re still on the ad site. You’d have to go back a lot, to get back to where you were.
Essentially you can block that domain.
Turn on Restrictions: Settings > General > Restrictions
You’ll need to set a passcode for Restrictions if you haven’t turned this on before.
In the Allowed Content section, go to Websites. Turn on “Limit Adult Content”
Under “Never Allow”, use “Add a Website…” and enter the domain of the popup. From post #42, that will be: us.unj5.date
There may be other sites. I have a block for us.rzjm.date in mine.
The ad spamming will still try to occur if you encounter it, but Safari halt it and tell you that you tried to access a blocked page. Now you can just go back once and be where you were.