Electronics

[jlkz]

Never had a problem with my iPad for a few years. When I googled hair salons near me on yellowpages.com, I got a jiggly little screen congratulating me on being the " X th " visitor. Did not click on it but am now concerned I may have " caught " something vile. Short of finding an Apple Store somewhere, what can I do? ( not particularly technologically advanced. ) TIA

[dooBdoo]

Don't be worried about it, jlkz.

You can delete cookies, history, website data to put your mind at ease. But iPads are well-protected and I think you're fine.

(Go into Settings, then Safari, then "Clear History and Website Data".)

While you're in Safari, you might want to turn on "Block Pop-ups."

[Mom2Dogs]

On 1/25/2015 dooBdoo said:

Don't be worried about it, jlkz.

You can delete cookies, history, website data to put your mind at ease. But iPads are well-protected and I think you're fine.

(Go into Settings, then Safari, then "Clear History and Website Data".)

While you're in Safari, you might want to turn on "Block Pop-ups."

..when you do the above does that mean the passwords that are remembered are lost and you have to put them in again? I wish I was more computer savy.......

[Lynnj]

On 1/25/2015 momtodogs said:

On 1/25/2015 dooBdoo said:

Don't be worried about it, <em>jlkz</em>.

You can delete cookies, history, website data to put your mind at ease. But iPads are well-protected and I think you're fine.

(Go into Settings, then Safari, then "Clear History and Website Data".)

While you're in Safari, you might want to turn on "Block Pop-ups."

..when you do the above does that mean the passwords that are remembered are lost and you have to put them in again? I wish I was more computer savy.......

Do you have your passwords saved in keychain? Then no they won't be removed. Keychain stores and members all login and password info, and its synced through iCloud.

If passwords are just saved by way of clicking the button on each site you login to that says "remember me" or something like that, then yes it will be removed when you clear history.

If your not using keychain on iPhone, iPad, Mac, you should consider it. It saves all of your login and passwords. Then it syncs to all of your devices. So if you go to a site on another device, it auto fills the login and password. You don't have to remember anything, login or password. Even if you only own 1 apple thing, keychain will still make your life easier.

Keychain can also create passwords for you. These are good passwords, the kind that has crazy letters and numbers, and don't spell anything like we all do when we create our own passwords. Google Apple keychain for more info...

In short, whenever you put a login or password into a site, a thing will pop up and ask if you want to save this to keychain. If you say yes, always, it will save it. If you say no, then it won't.

[Lynnj]

DooBdoo gave you the right info above. You don't have to worry with the iPad about stuff like that.

In addition to the advice DooBdoo gave, while in preferences > Safari, scroll down to Privacy and Security and make sure Fraudulent Website Warning is set to on (the button the the right is green).

To be honest, I am not exactly sure what happens with that set to on when you visit a fraudulent website, LOL. I've never done that. But I suppose Safari will display a message that says its suspected fraudulent and won't load the site for you?? That will be an extra benefit to you, knowing that unless you see something saying don't go there, you should be okay to go there.

While in the security section on Safari preferences, might as well turn on Do not Track.

[dooBdoo]

On 1/25/2015 momtodogs said:

On 1/25/2015 dooBdoo said:

Don't be worried about it, <em>jlkz</em>.

You can delete cookies, history, website data to put your mind at ease. But iPads are well-protected and I think you're fine.

(Go into Settings, then Safari, then "Clear History and Website Data".)

While you're in Safari, you might want to turn on "Block Pop-ups."

..when you do the above does that mean the passwords that are remembered are lost and you have to put them in again? I wish I was more computer savy.......

No, they won't be lost on your iPad or iPhone.

If you look in Settings, then Safari, you'll see Password Autofill, and you'll see the various website passwords that have been saved (You'll have to use your passcode at that point to actually look at the passwords). That's where they're stored when you answer "yes" to saving the info when you login to a site on the mobile device.

I have to disagree with Lynnj on this. I use my iPad (3rd gen) a lot and I clear the history and website data at least once a day, sometimes several times a day. I also clear Safari history and data on my iPhone 5 about once a week. My passwords are intact, never have been deleted. (I don't use the iCloud keychain.)

[dooBdoo]

On 1/25/2015 Lynnj said:

DooBdoo gave you the right info above. You don't have to worry with the iPad about stuff like that.

In addition to the advice DooBdoo gave, while in preferences > Safari, scroll down to Privacy and Security and make sure Fraudulent Website Warning is set to on (the button the the right is green).

To be honest, I am not exactly sure what happens with that set to on when you visit a fraudulent website, LOL. I've never done that. But I suppose Safari will display a message that says its suspected fraudulent and won't load the site for you?? That will be an extra benefit to you, knowing that unless you see something saying don't go there, you should be okay to go there.

While in the security section on Safari preferences, might as well turn on Do not Track.

Thanks, Lynn! Good info. I keep those turned on, and under "Block Cookies" I only accept those from sites I visit. I've never gotten a "fraudulent" warning, either, so I don't know what that's like.

[Annabellethecat66]

My son-in-law owns a cyber security business. He says Apple is the most difficult computer to 'hack' and to catch a virus.

When you have trouble with it. HOLD down the top button for a few seconds. The Apple people says that resets the computer.

[Lynnj]

On 1/25/2015 dooBdoo said:

On 1/25/2015 momtodogs said:

On 1/25/2015 dooBdoo said:

Don't be worried about it, <em>jlkz</em>.

You can delete cookies, history, website data to put your mind at ease. But iPads are well-protected and I think you're fine.

(Go into Settings, then Safari, then "Clear History and Website Data".)

While you're in Safari, you might want to turn on "Block Pop-ups."

..when you do the above does that mean the passwords that are remembered are lost and you have to put them in again? I wish I was more computer savy.......

No, they won't be lost on your iPad or iPhone.

If you look in Settings, then Safari, you'll see Password Autofill, and you'll see the various website passwords that have been saved (You'll have to use your passcode at that point to actually look at the passwords). That's where they're stored when you answer "yes" to saving the info when you login to a site on the mobile device.

I have to disagree with Lynnj on this. I use my iPad (3rd gen) a lot and I clear the history and website data at least once a day, sometimes several times a day. I also clear Safari history and data on my iPhone 5 about once a week. My passwords are intact, never have been deleted. (I don't use the iCloud keychain.)

You must be saving your login and password info using keychain. Sorry to disagree with you, but if you clear history, it will also clear any information you have keyed into a website. So unless its saved (which is done through keychain) the information will be cleared.

The autofill you reference above, will autofill the login and info information saved into keychain. What you say you see listed in that area is everything you have saved already using keychain.

[Lynnj]

On 1/25/2015 dooBdoo said:

On 1/25/2015 Lynnj said:

DooBdoo gave you the right info above. You don't have to worry with the iPad about stuff like that.

In addition to the advice DooBdoo gave, while in preferences > Safari, scroll down to Privacy and Security and make sure Fraudulent Website Warning is set to on (the button the the right is green).

To be honest, I am not exactly sure what happens with that set to on when you visit a fraudulent website, LOL. I've never done that. But I suppose Safari will display a message that says its suspected fraudulent and won't load the site for you?? That will be an extra benefit to you, knowing that unless you see something saying don't go there, you should be okay to go there.

While in the security section on Safari preferences, might as well turn on Do not Track.

Thanks, Lynn! Good info. I keep those turned on, and under "Block Cookies" I only accept those from sites I visit. I've never gotten a "fraudulent" warning, either, so I don't know what that's like.

Thank dooBdoo. I also have the block cookies set to only accept from those I visit.