My iPad has a popup saying I have a virus

You likely do not have a virus. It's probably just a popup that gets launched every time you re-open Safari.

Go to:

Settings > Safari > "Clear History and Website Data."

You won't lose any bookmarks, it will just clear your browser history and open tabs.

Let us know if that works for you! 😀

Like sleepdeficit said, it's probably just a popup that appears every time you launch a page, but there's a way to get rid of it without losing your history and open tabs.

1. Force close Safari.
2. Turn off Wi-Fi (and cell service, if you have it).
3. Reopen Safari and, since the page can't load, you won't get the popup.
4. Close the tab that gave you the popup.
5. Turn Wi-Fi (and cell service) back on.

Good luck!

It's almost certainly a javascript popup, not a virus. You can get rid of it by temporarily disabling Javascript.

Go to Settings -> Safari -> Advanced, and turn off Javascript. Now, go back to Safari and close that page so that it won't keep automatically opening. Finally, go back to the Settings and turn Javascript back on.