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Pop ups on my galaxy tab 4

topmanamillion · 2015-12-22 01:34:19

Hopefully this is the right place to put this. I have a tab 4 and in the last week pop ups have started appearing. It doesn't matter what site I am on all of a sudden the page will leave what ever site I am on and go to a site saying I've won x, y and z. It's very annoying. I've used AVG to run a scan and another app which…

22-12-2015 1:34am

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topmanamillion

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Hopefully this is the right place to put this.
I have a tab 4 and in the last week pop ups have started appearing. It doesn't matter what site I am on all of a sudden the page will leave what ever site I am on and go to a site saying I've won x, y and z. It's very annoying.

I've used AVG to run a scan and another app which promised to detect add ons.
I have no downloaded any apps in the last few weeks.

Anyone else had this problem? Any ideas on what I can do? I'm hopeful I won't have to factory reset the tab.

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#2 22-12-2015 6:50am

writhen

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Have this too on a nexcus 9. Annoying as hell. Check out this thread.

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=98150380#post98150380

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#3 22-12-2015 8:45am

andekwarhola

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My wife got something similar on her phone (android). An attempted redirect that kept vibrating the phone and trying to get her to click through. I just went to the application info for the browser (Chrome) and cleared the cache and data and it seemed to get rid of it.

Don't think it's a VF issue (see above link) as, although we do use a VF router, my phone (also android) has never been affected.

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#4 22-12-2015 1:33pm

phill106

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same issue on a m8 on 3 for mobile and magnet for broadband...

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#5 22-12-2015 1:47pm

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I think its the internal page for internet in facebook app that causes it

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#6 22-12-2015 7:29pm

Bluefrog

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Second the recommendation to clear your cookies and data though personally I think cookies will probably be enough. It's most likely a rogue ad network cookie you picked up that's reactivating whenever their domain gets access to your browser via another iframe hosted ad.

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