For the last few days, I have been getting a notification about "new information" or some such. I hit it and it opens the browser and takes me to a spam site, saying I have won an air mac, iphone 4 or ipad 2 which is of course bull****.
I've got lookout (premium) on my phone, but it says no malware on the phone.
So if I could just figure out what program is posting the notice..I would have my culprit.
Rebooting phone doesn't help. Clearing cache, history, form data in browser doesn't help.
Tonight I cleared /cache and davlik-cache. Will have to wait to see if that helps.
The website the browser goes to is com-ws.us/test/.....
Whois shows that to be a new registration (Dec 13th) in the UK via godaddy
I am in the US
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Download the airpush detector app in the market and it will tell you what app on your phone is sending the notifications
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Download the airpush detector app in the market and it will tell you what app on your phone is sending the notifications
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Thanks! Got Airpush detector and a few others.
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Nope, none of them caught it. Apparently these products only let you know which apps can do things, but not which did them.
Anyone else have any ideas?
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Airpush should let you know what app is set to push notifications.
What is the actual notification you are getting and what icon does it have next to it in the status bar when u see it?
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If you have adaway then add "api.airpush.com" (without the quotes) to the list of sites to block and then redownload the hosts file. That will take care of airpush spam without having to download anything (who knows what data the airpush "opt out" app tries to collect).
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Airpush should let you know what app is set to push notifications.
What is the actual notification you are getting and what icon does it have next to it in the status bar when u see it?
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Either a green plus sign in the notification bar or a red star with a red circle in it. The notification text is "You win! an iPad2 is yours!" Or similar.
Airpush detector showed no apps.
When you select the notification' it opens the browser and takes you to a ws-com.us website.
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If you have adaway then add "api.airpush.com" (without the quotes) to the list of sites to block and then redownload the hosts file. That will take care of airpush spam without having to download anything (who knows what data the airpush "opt out" app tries to collect).
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I didn't have adaway, but do now and added that host. Lets see what that does. If nothing else, I may put a network sniffer on here to see what's up.
I've got 90% of the same apps on my Xoom and don't get these notifications.
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Do you have mp3 music download?
I had an app named something like that and it was the culprit...
Deleted it and notices went away
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jimmyUT said:
Do you have mp3 music download?
I had an app named something like that and it was the culprit...
Deleted it and notices went away
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I've got WinAmp. But had that for a while. I'll get rid of it, see what happens.
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Someone else had this problem and found it to be some live wallpapers that were installed. I doubt it would have been winamp.
FOUND IT. The free version of Bloat Freezer.
I installed a sniffer and it found this:
apikey=airpush&appId=23340&imei=b0ec891afc8c881867d891bc906321e3&token=ec178b3329bab921f52ec46160b1ff29&request_timestamp=Tue+Jan+03+12%3A01%3A09+MST+2012&packageName=com.bloatfreezer.free&version=10&carrier=Verizon+Wireless&networkOperator=Verizon+Wireless&phoneModel=ADR6400L&manufacturer=HTC&longitude=0&latitude=0&sdkversion=4.02&wifi=1&useragent=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28Linux%3B+U%3B+Android+2.3.4%3B+en-us%3B+ADR6400L+Build%2FGRJ22%29+AppleWebKit%2F533.1+%28KHTML%2C+like+Gecko%29+Version%2F4.0+Mobile+Safari%2F533.1&android_id=b7b691711e46ba6b&model=log&action=settexttracking&APIKEY=airpush&event=trayDelivered&campId=14855&creativeId=27768
Funny airpush detector didn't find it AND I got the adfree update to bloat freezer.
That's the end of that app!
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And now I see bloat freezer has been pulled from the market.
Oh well, Titanium freezes stuff just fine.
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I have never used an app to freeze.other apps. If there is an app I don't want, like bloatware or stuff like Facebook, twitter, HTC mail etc., I just use root explorer. Navigate to system/apps and then rename the apk's extension to apkbak. Makes the system not recognize it as an app and therefore never runs, and if I need it again, just remove the bak and its good to go. Has worked for me on every Rom I have had since the OG droid
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http://g.wrappio.com/?sid=aps&lpn=900239&ad=amn&imei=
Delteted some off the link that looked like it ID'd my phone.
Fine print $ 9.99 a month....
Can't stop it showing up in notification bar or as an app icon on screen.
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Same here. I saw a weird + icon in the notification bar, clicked it to bring me to http: // g wrappio com/ ?sid=aps&lpn=900239&ad=ami&c=Sprint%20Nextel&imei= I deleted all the rest of the link too, Id say its my phone id too..
1 click Rooted Sprint Samsung Epic. CWM Kernal 2.6.35.7.nubernel_v0.0.2 Build Gingerbread.ei22 that I got from the mostlystockrebuild thread.. Just recently installed Fatbooth, Save this page, night vision, thermal vision, face effects, heineken holiday app, shazam, dark fart, zombiebooth, geico brostache, champagne, firefox, fart-o-matic, skyvi, and ar15-9mm
All these apps listed I installed the other day, entertaining the family on new years lol.. Also i tried to instal effect booth, which instantly fc upon opening, I have since uninstalled.
I since installed lookout, hoping it would tell me something, nothing yet..
Try using an airpush detector
i found an article http: // www gottabemobile com/2011/12/20/ spam-in-your-notification-bar/
Exactly what Rom-Addict above said, I installed airpush detector, and it was the fart-o-matic app.. bummer deal lol Ill be unstalling that one and commenting on it in the market. Thanks for the quick reply.
Thanks,
AirPush found DogWhistle2 was doing it.
It will be nice, not to be getting spammed.
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Playing around with Airpush Detector and Addons Detector, I noticed the Fart-o-matic app is actually called the Fart Machine app in the Android Market. It installs as Fart-o-matic which is different from the Fart-O-Matic in the Market.. Very misleading..
today I downloaded this app it was free. I uninstalled by accident and now can't find in the market..anyone have it??
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have you tried looking on market.android.com? It should show you any recent purchases under my account or you can also look under my library too and see if you can find it there too.
this was a free app. how can I see history using the old market app?
ok. I see where you meant. the app is not showing anywhere...sucks
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When I start it ti's giving me an error and does nothing. How can I fix that?
Try googling the app name to see if someone has the apk hosted. Usually works for me when the crap market search engine fails to locate apps I've downloaded and used many times in the past.
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Here is the latest facebook official app with location 'feature' removed.
I am not sure if you guys who use the app know this, but facebook constantly tracks your location. There is a receiver built into the app that every time you "refresh" the app (Interval settings are found in the settings menu of Facebook) it gets your location and everything you do on Facebook, post a status, send a message, upload a photo etc, your location is added and you cannot turn it off..
So i decompiled the apk and removed all locations ability. That means, no checking in, no nearby, nothing that needs to get your location. You WILL get a forced close. I am working on trying to keep that enabled while dissabling the 'tracking' featrue. Just download, copy apk to your phones storage and use a file browser to install the APK.
Hope you guys enjoy the privacy while also enjoying the Facebook app.
DOWNLOAD: Facebook v3.7 - No Locations
Link???
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Link???
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XDA Is having an issue with uploading attachments. Not sure why i'll try again later. Sorry :/
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Link???
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Yea i love to try it...
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Ahhhh this the reason why FB consume a more MB on my 3G ?
Michel
Good idea, but I've turned my location of and it never shows my location when posting any thing.. when I send a private message it gives me the option to turn location of.. is this the same location receiver you are disabling from the app?
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Ahhhh this the reason why FB consume a more MB on my 3G ?
Michel
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This mod will possibly use a tiny bit less. But it uses so much for its Cache. So things are loaded a lot faster and what not.
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Good idea, but I've turned my location of and it never shows my location when posting any thing.. when I send a private message it gives me the option to turn location of.. is this the same location receiver you are disabling from the app?
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Are you talking about turning your location off under settings of your phone? Well thats different. There is no way to turn it off in the FB app itself. You can turn off the location thing for your messages but its still secretly getting your location.
OP UPDATED WITH DL LINK TO MY DROPBOX
Sorry it took so long. XDA is giving me some security error when i try to attach anything :/
Thanks. App is working great!
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I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good app that stops location requests for any application is LBE Security Master. It will prompt you each time an application requests to use certain permissions. You can also check a box to never allow the application to access that setting, in this case it would be location.
Just search on XDA to find it, I'm on my phone and I don't think the app is on the market.
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I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good app that stops location requests for any application is LBE Security Master. It will prompt you each time an application requests to use certain permissions. You can also check a box to never allow the application to access that setting, in this case it would be location.
Just search on XDA to find it, I'm on my phone and I don't think the app is on the market.
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Whenever i tried using a third party app to block GPS to the Facebook app, it would cause the FB app to force close irregardless what you did.
I'll try the app and see what happens. Not sure how it goes about granting and denying access. In all honesty i was looking for something like this.
Just don't use LBE Privacy Guard on jelly bean, it caused my phone to freeze a few minutes after turning on and then rebooted and got stuck in that loop. The only way to resolve it was to use adb and remove the apps file.
The app I mentioned in my post above doesn't seem to have any issues besides that parts of it are in Chinese.
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Just don't use LBE Privacy Guard on jelly bean, it caused my phone to freeze a few minutes after turning on and then rebooted and got stuck in that loop. The only way to resolve it was to use adb and remove the apps file.
The app I mentioned in my post above doesn't seem to have any issues besides that parts of it are in Chinese.
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So you confirm it works with Facebook?
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Works great so far -- subscribed to this thread -- thanks!
As far as I can tell it does. When I open Facebook, LBE pops up and asks me if I want to allow Facebook to track my location. It detects whether Facebook is using location tracking through WiFi or through GPS. I have not checked to see my posts to see if location is attached to them.
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As far as I can tell it does. When I open Facebook, LBE pops up and asks me if I want to allow Facebook to track my location. It detects whether Facebook is using location tracking through WiFi or through GPS. I have not checked to see my posts to see if location is attached to them.
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Interesting.. I wonder if it's blocking "locationmanager.getlastknownlocation" as well. This method doesn't access any hardware. It just reads what the last location known was. Meaning if any other app has access to your GPS and gets a lock, that location is remembered and then used by above method.
I feel much more comfortable completely removing the actual physical code no offence to your option though.
And for a thread update, I learned a new tool to help figure out what gets called where. so I might be able to add the ability to check in as well as use "nearby" in the app. And just disable the tracking!
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elesbb said:
Interesting.. I wonder if it's blocking "locationmanager.getlastknownlocation" as well. This method doesn't access any hardware. It just reads what the last location known was. Meaning if any other app has access to your GPS and gets a lock, that location is remembered and then used by above method.
I feel much more comfortable completely removing the actual physical code no offence to your option though.
And for a thread update, I learned a new tool to help figure out what gets called where. so I might be able to add the ability to check in as well as use "nearby" in the app. And just disable the tracking!
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Yeah, I'm still using your MOD too, I really don't need Facebook accessing my location so you can never be too safe about that.
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Thanks mate awesome work!
Hi, there are still some Facebook services running all the time in the background although I have deactivated all notifications. Do you know which services these are?
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Hi, there are still some Facebook services running all the time in the background although I have deactivated all notifications. Do you know which services these are?
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Sort of. I know when notifications are enabled there is a service running. Also what's your refresh interval set at? If that's not disabled then that's what the service is.
If not it may just be in "empty applications" part of androids memory manager. Meaning it's dead but still there to increase launch time. I'm running cm10 and I use the "hold back to kill" option on Facebook so mine is 100 percent gone.
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Loving this app. Great job. Finally facebook can't track me anymore. One big brother, google, is enough.
Every day I get a notification with a red star icon of a app suggestion. I don't find these suggestions verry interesting so I want to disable them. Who can help me with this or can point me in the right direction?
Gr. Frans
Yeah, l'd like to know how to get rid of this also!
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One of the apps that you installed is causing what is called push notifications. If you uninstall the app it will go away.
I use app brain ad detector to weed out those apps that use that permission.
I don't think it comes from a app I installed my self. I think it comes from one of the pre installed apps from Samsung. But how to find the one causing these notifications.
Gr. Frans
Edit: installed app brain add detector and found the app response. It was indeed a app I installed my self :-|
No . Its Most Likely not from an app but from some kind of android adware ,.. I had something Similar on my phone, but mine Was green and said that i had won something ,.got ridd of it by wiping my device .. really annoying : /
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Those are all push notifications. I have never heard of any device with notification ads from pre-installed apps. Did you check the permission of all the apps that you installed. It would have stated it in the permissions.
I have gotten a retched virus coming with a star notification push ad that latches on to non virus apps so I can't find it. It is in Chinese or Korean. I really don't know. If I click the ad it brings up some other advert in the same language and download an apk. I have deleted all files it downloaded but I need to find the virus itself.
I will attach screenshots of the notification and the folder.
Please, can you save my phone?
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I have already tried several app push detectors and antivirus software. (lookout, avast, appbrain)
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If you are rooted, then open root browser n go to system /app and delete the apk that creating problems...
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I've tried to look for something that I didn't recognize but I just don't know. I don't see anything particular. When I installed this virus I immediately uninstalled the app, or so I thought.
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I finally did it. I beat that God forsaken virus.
I would post how here but I don't think letting this info out for Gemini to see is the best idea. I plan to let antivirus apps like avast know of this breakthrough as I finally found the one way to block the app from sending anything or connecting to anything.
Here are the apps that I found with Gemini: any Bios Emulator, and my boy gba emulator.
Cheers.
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Still sharing will help others in same problem.
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