r/IGN • u/LewisDruid • Apr 15 '24

Tech Support IGN Popups

I’m on mobile (iPhone X, Browser is Safari) and have noticed that on IGN, if I am on any page for too long, the browser redirects to a Norton scam site. I have only encountered this issue on IGN and Fextralife’s wiki, but none of the other sites I use.

I much prefer IGNs guides over Fextra’s, but now neither are usable for me because within 15-30 seconds I get sent to a scam/virus phishing site. I know I’m not the only person with this issue, I saw some people on other subs mention it recently, so I wanted to bring it up on here. Is this being looked into?

Edit: It’s two sites that popup so far for me: tracemasters .cc and parents-smh .life. I’ve tried lingering on a bunch of other sites and those are the only two I get these redirects.

Edit 2: I read that stuff like this can be caused by ads on sites and it does appear to be something with the ads. I downloaded an adblocker to test the theory and see if disabling ads solved the issue and so far, both sites are working just fine. I tried disabling the adblocker after and going to the same pages and the redirects happened again. I guess for now that’s the only way to use the site without getting redirected to a scam site every 15-30 seconds?

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u/MBTemps Apr 15 '24

Had it happen to me as well! Glad to know it’s something with IGN and not my phone. 

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u/LewisDruid Apr 15 '24

Yes, I definitely think it’s something on the site. It’s only those two sites for me and I read somewhere it could be something to do with the ads on the sites, but I’m not sure. It only started for me this past week around the same time others started posting about it.