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Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:26:02 GMT

Can someone help me please?The screenshot below is what keeps popping up and I have no idea what it is. I have no new apps installed and my virus scan can't find anything. Beyond annoying now x

Re: Adware?

MI5 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:37:51 GMT

Download "airpush detector" off Play and run that - see what it finds.

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:39:22 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Download "airpush detector" off Play and run that - see what it finds.

Ok..thank you @MI5 x

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:42:17 GMT

That's like that blinkfeed setting on HTC sense home, puts ads on lock screen.
Do you have an app that saves battery etc

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:51:07 GMT

this is all I get and if I try to scan it force closes. That green screen has come on 3 times when trying to type this and i have to slide at the bottom to get it off.

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:54:15 GMT

Tbh tho, it's probably that lock screen app itself, looks like one of those "free" ones...

Nothing is free.

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:54:50 GMT

I dont have a battery app @viridis..it only started tonight. So annoyed x

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:55:17 GMT

Because you have given an app permission to use the notifications in lock screen.

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:57:00 GMT

It's coming on with every page or app I'm on 😢x

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:57:54 GMT

Oh right..god..i don't know what I've given permission to.

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:58:31 GMT

Its an app, 100%
What have you installed for the smartwatch?

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:00:19 GMT

Just android wear and a couple of faces ..which i uninstalled again .

Re: Adware?

MI5 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:01:13 GMT

You may have to go into each app you've recently installed or updated and check which has lockscreen permissions.
Just whizz through them in app manager.

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:03:22 GMT

I'll try everything and come back later @MI5 ..@viridis..actually still have 2 faces on there..will uninstall them first x

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:04:46 GMT

Anything with the word GO in the title, and file managers, memory cleaners, themes are the usual suspects.
That's the reason no anti virus or airpush has picked it up, you have installed it and given permissions to it.

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:17:24 GMT

No lockscreen permissions on any app. It only started tonight and I haven't installed anything! No themes or anything! I'll try facebook too. Going to look again before i factory reset this thing..driving me nuts x

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:21:05 GMT

Its creating its own fake lockscreen, after swiping it away does the phone instantly unlock? Does this just pop up at any time? If so, it's a false lockscreen.
But one app is behind it...... Either that or you've had a pornhub pop-up and you clicked the imaginary cancel button which actually is an install button.....

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:21:56 GMT

It won't be Facebook, too big a company to risk the fallout from adware

Re: Adware?

viridis — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:23:31 GMT

Screenshot your installed app list

Re: Adware?

Cairdeas — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:25:43 GMT

@viridis wrote:
Its creating its own fake lockscreen, after swiping it away does the phone instantly unlock? Does this just pop up at any time? If so, it's a false lockscreen.
But one app is behind it...... Either that or you've had a pornhub pop-up and you clicked the imaginary cancel button which actually is an install button.....

It does instantly unlock and pops up anytme. That other thing..I don't watch lol x