Pop ups on Samsung Galaxy

masterboy123

For last 2 days random pop ups are appearing especially while using Google Chrome, but not limited to chrome.
I have deleted cache, history, etc from Chrome but still pop ups are appearing. Restated phone also and used Samsung Device Manager but it didn't identify anything abnormal.

Pop ups are about prize.winners. and win lotto.

Is there any way to check which app is causing these ads?

I don't want to delete everything from the phone.

Thank you!

fritzelly

Check the less well known apps on your phone
For google what types of sites are you visiting - they could be throwing up the ads, try Brave and see if the problem still persists.
Also in Chrome goto notifications and see what sites are enabled

masterboy123

Thank you. I have deleted unused apps and also disabled notifications in chrome. Will wait and see if this helps.

Otherwise I will try Brave app.

fritzelly wrote: »

Check the less well known apps on your phone
For google what types of sites are you visiting - they could be throwing up the ads, try Brave and see if the problem still persists.
Also in Chrome goto notifications and see what sites are enabled

fritzelly

Also try

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware&hl=en

In case it is more nefarious stuff

masterboy123

Pop ups were still coming up. So I downloaded this app MalwareBytes and their premium trial version. Ran the scan now which showed 1 malware:
Android/Adware.MobiDash.PhysickerPlays

Any idea where the above malware got in to the phone? I have removed it, fingers crossed.

fritzelly wrote: »

Also try

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware&hl=en

In case it is more nefarious stuff

fritzelly

Could be an hacked app or just a normal junk app - it's a generic name for the malware

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Battery saver apps. They're absolutely useless and are usually full of adware.

masterboy123

I don't use battery savings apps.

But after running the malware scan, so far I didn't get any popups today. Fingers crossed