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advert web pages opened on phone by bg app [duplicate]
I have some unwelcome behavior on my Samsung S4 AOS 5.0.1 (unrooted) phone. A few days ago I start to get attempts to open my web pages (up to 3 times a day so far) while my phone is idle. All cases ...
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Is there Malware on LineageOS that causes to receive SMS Spam
I never get SMS text spam on my phone. Installed Lineage OS on a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini phone. I installed TWRP and LOS both from official website (not various links on google or XDA). Installed F-...
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Can an older Android phone using Android 4.4.2 act as a spam server?
First excuse my lack of knowledge in anything Android related.
I wanted to ask if there is any possibility that an un-supervised Android phone, older Samsung model, running Android 4.2.2, act as a ...
Andrei D
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How to find out which app is trying to open spam websites?
I've recently bought a new Android smartphone. After setting it up and loading my contacts onto it I thought that would be it.
Now after some days, every time I unlock the phone it takes a few ...
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Why does Chrome on Android launch tabs or redirect existing tabs to spammy ads (spontaneously, it seems)?
When using Chrome on my Nexus 6, I often get taken to a data URI that causes a modal that reads something like:
An embedded page at s3.amazonaws.com says:
Message!
Congratulations Grande ...
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How to check that an Android device isn't being used in a botnet / sending spam emails?
I've discovered that my home network IP address has ended up on several blacklists after spam traps received emails from this IP address. I've tested the one PC that uses this network, and it seems to ...
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How to stop my Android device from being spammed in the browser as well as in the application? [closed]
Recently I have downloaded two games:
Deer Hunter
PreHistoric Worm
But after that I have my browser which keeps redirecting me to http://ad.adsmatte.com
It is happening every time I load the page – ...
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New Television icon appeared in my Android desktop
I have noticed a new Television icon appeared in my Android desktop. I have not clicked the icon thinking it could be a virus or spam. Never installed any Television application and I dont know how it ...
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Got text message with 'download' button, how would I look at the link source or gain further info to see if this is safe? 2.3.6metropcs
In the 'messaging' app that comes standard with metropcs, I received a text message that had 'no subject' and was just a download button. I know the person, so there is no need to mention not to trust ...
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