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Computer Help and Support

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Sounds like you have a fairly serious problem my friend.

Reply to NotASurfer (Original post)

Sat Jul 13, 2019, 06:51 PM

Jul 2019

If this was a PC I could help but I'm just not phone guy, and definitely not an iOS guy.

Hopefully someone with better advice comes along but if it were me I'd use Firefox in the meantime til it's sorted and keep Safari closed.

If FF and/or Chrome is doing the same, I'd get real concerned.

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Nonstop redirects to "loompasplace.com" - how malicious could they be? [View all] NotASurfer Jul 2019 OP

Sounds like you have a fairly serious problem my friend. mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #1

Just using an iPhone here NotASurfer Jul 2019 #5

I got it a lot too WA-03 Democrat Jul 2019 #2

Tried that, nuked history, restarted NotASurfer Jul 2019 #6

oddly, google turns up nothing for that issue nt msongs Jul 2019 #3

From Apple Discussions: Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away Make7 Jul 2019 #4

Thank you, was able to cross-post NotASurfer Jul 2019 #8

Since a few people seem to be having the same issue, I would guess it is related to the ads here. Make7 Jul 2019 #9

Tried that cleanup and it didn't work. Nt raccoon Jul 2019 #11

Might follow up with the DU Apple forum NotASurfer Jul 2019 #12

Yeah, I got that loompasplace junk Mersky Jul 2019 #7

I did have a few open tabs, will stop doing that NotASurfer Jul 2019 #13

Admittedly, I took the lazy experiment route yesterday, and while it worked... Mersky Jul 2019 #14

Thanks for posting. I keep having the same damn problem. raccoon Jul 2019 #10