tapsnake

[Anonymous]

Hi
When browsing internet a warning came up for tapsnake virus.. I have googled this and it says it's an app and to remove it but I can't find it.. I have ran 2 anti virus programs and it has bought up nothing.. should I be worried??

[Anonymous]

good choice, best not to download if you don't know what it is..

you should be ok I think, let us know if the warning pops up again

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your help.. very much appreciated 🙂

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for your help.. very much appreciated 🙂

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you're welcome and if you need help with anything, you know where we are

[perksie · Accepted solution]

This may be scareware and unlikely to cause a problem, more here:

http://androidforums.com/introductions/768717-trojan-mobileos-tapsnake-pop.html

Possibly downloaded in a game.

[jonsie]

Usually this is just to get you panicking to download other programmes which can make a complete mess of your device.

[MI5]

As I was reading through the thread I came to the same conclusions as perksie & jonsie.
I think it is potentially an airpush ad which seems to be discretely package so as not to appear as such.
When the warning pops up they hope you panic and then download the "fix" which is the actual virus.
There is an airpush optout app on Play somewhere which you could install to see if it helps....?

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
As I was reading through the thread I came to the same conclusions as perksie & jonsie.
I think it is potentially an airpush ad which seems to be discretely package so as not to appear as such.
When the warning pops up they hope you panic and then download the "fix" which is the actual virus.
There is an airpush optout app on Play somewhere which you could install to see if it helps....?

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If you read my posts, you will see tha I have posted the link for the air push app, the OP downloaded it and said nothing was found.. 

[MI5]

That's airpush detector, which is why I said it may be airpush but discretely repackaged so the app can't find it, my reference is to the airpush optout app, which is supposed to remove your IMEI number from the airpush database

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys 🙂