Safari redirect hijack - may have iOS5 virus or trojan

This morning, while clicking on a link on a website, I was redirected to a **** site. Not so unusual, eh?
Except this was on my iPhone 4s, running iOS 5 and Safari, and the same link is good on my Mac desktops.
Clearing data, history, caches, and a reboot does NOT fix the problem.
It appears that there is a virus or trojan on my iPhone. Any ideas?

I also have this exact problem
I don't know how to resolve its I am not an expert in apple devices
If you did eventually resolve this issue, can you please post e solution up here for usto try it too
Regards

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