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adware adding links and notifications

  • 30-08-2013 5:08pm
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    In the last couple of days a bunch of stupid shortcuts have started appearing on my home screen linking to all sorts of spyware nonsense. Similar things keep showing up in my notification area. I'm not sure if it's because I installed a new game (Blitz Brigade, since removed) or because AdFree no longer seems to work (when I run it it tells me the version is too old).

    I ran an AntiVirus/Adware scan (Secore app) and removed a few other apps it found aggressive but still the crap keeps appearing.

    What can I do to get rid of this crap? Is there a working version of AdFree or similar that I can use? I know a lot of these were removed from the Play store but surely Google doesn't sanction this kind of **** installing itself?


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  • #2
    maki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭maki


    Latest version of adfree is here.
    You can use something like Airpush Detector to find out which apps are spamming your notification area (or just press and hold on the notification if you're on Jelly Bean).


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Seems I have lost root on my device. I still have SU and older apps pre-JB work but anything I've installed after updating to JellyBean can't get root


  • #4
    irishpancake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭irishpancake


    All adfree and adaway are gone from Play, since some months....

    Personally, I use Adaway, from F-Droid, here for App....

    https://f-droid.org/
    The F-Droid Repository is an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The server contains the details of multiple versions of each application, and the Android client makes it easy to browse, install them onto your device, and keep track of updates.

    I think Adaway was considered better than Adfree, and you can regularly update with the f-droid app on your phone...

    as for root, what phone, how was it rooted originally??

    new firmware installed by ODIN, can unroot Samsungs...I think??


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