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Random adverts appearing on nexus 7

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  • 08-02-2014 12:11am
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    waynegalway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭


    This has started happening over the last few days, occasionally adverts come up on the home screen when I unlock the device.

    See screen shot.

    Any ideas why this has started and how to get rid of it?


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    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    What have you installed recently?


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    waynegalway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭waynegalway


    heebusjeebus wrote: »
    What have you installed recently?

    Apart from updates, I think the only new app I've put on it in the last week or so is flappy birds


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    Simi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭Simi


    Hmm, try downloading & running malwarebytes from the play store, see if it picks up anything.


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    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    This is another good app OP


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    Occono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Occono


    waynegalway wrote: »
    Apart from updates, I think the only new app I've put on it in the last week or so is flappy birds

    May have been a dodgy clone. Get rid of it, at least.


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    waynegalway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭waynegalway


    Thanks. Got rid of flappy bird (not such a bad thing) and also a city of another game that I remembered being from an apk download site. Ran the malware app after that and it came up clean. I'll keep an eye on it. Of it comes to it I'll do a factory reset, I don't have anything on it that can't be easily replaced.


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    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=airpush&fdid=com.brosmike.airpushdetector


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    Occono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Occono


    waynegalway wrote: »
    Thanks. Got rid of flappy bird (not such a bad thing) and also a city of another game that I remembered being from an apk download site. Ran the malware app after that and it came up clean. I'll keep an eye on it. Of it comes to it I'll do a factory reset, I don't have anything on it that can't be easily replaced.

    It's likely not invasive malware, it's much harder to get something like that then from a dodgy windows program. It's probably just something allowed to send you notifications. Once you uninstall it it shouldn't be a problem.


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