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lostngone

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I don’t know if this is just some new JavaScript ad campaign or if it is something I have done.
I am getting this on a lot of pages I am going to. I have cleaned the Safari history and website data but I am still seeing this on different sites I go to. It doesn’t matter if you click ok or cancel, you still get redirected. I am sure the whole image is just a link.
The message differs on what provider I am on so it is clearly going off of the address of the provider it thinks I’m coming from.

The page I get redirected to is “bestgiftquotes”.
I am not going to post the full address because I don’t want people clicking it by accident.

Edit: Also you can’t click back to get out of it.
 

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It’s not just you. I’ve been getting them like crazy - especially on MacRumors. It doesn’t matter if I’m using WiFi or cellular. Clearing browsing data hasn’t helped. I’ve been looking at the DNS records of the domains then filing abuse reports with the providers they use e.g. Amazon EC2, Cloudflare, Name.com, GoDaddy. I reported one on phishtank.com and now the website is flagged and Safari warns your before accessing it...which now I should start doing for all the ones I run into...
 

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Stuff like this is why I have Adguard installed on both my iPhone and MacBook.

It's free and I'd highly recommend you try it OP :)
I use Adguard too, and I used to keep most websites unblocked in Adguard. But, after I kept getting abused by ads like the one reported in the OP, I began to care less and less that the websites are supported by ad revenue.

@lostngone , install Adguard and ads like that will no longer bother you :)
 
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Will ditto Adguard. Been really solid re: stopping 99% of the noise (yes, it occasionally will let one through, but pretty rare when it does happen).
 
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I do two things. At home I manage my own firewall with an ad-blocker. Outside I use FireFox Focus with Safari integration.
 
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