Why does Safari diverts to random sites when browsing via Wi-Fi on my iPhone 5S?

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Whenever I use Safari on a Wi-Fi, I noticed it will take me to some randon sites like ads.admatte etc & land up some where or some pop up will ask me to press OK to do a scan or clean virus. I normally close safari app & try doing the same search via App. I am not sure if this is anyway connected to Chrome I had installed on my phone.
I don't know if my iPhone is infected with Virus. I need help to fix this safari issue. Thanks
 

dchandler

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Sound like your phone has a virus, a master reset will fix this problem. It will erase your phone so I hope you have a backup before this started happening.
 

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Whenever I use Safari on a Wi-Fi, I noticed it will take me to some randon sites like ads.admatte etc & land up some where or some pop up will ask me to press OK to do a scan or clean virus. I normally close safari app & try doing the same search via App. I am not sure if this is anyway connected to Chrome I had installed on my phone.
I don't know if my iPhone is infected with Virus. I need help to fix this safari issue. Thanks

Does it happen when you're browsing using cellular data?
 

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Mine does the same.. Diverts to random sites and ads when I'm using the wifi at home. But doesn't divert on 3G or 4G.... Did you manage to resolve this ?
 

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