Installed some kind of spam/virus??? - HTC One S

I keep getting a icon at the top of my phone about downloading various bits of software................it says to opt out go...............then its off the screen. If i click on it to open it on the slide down notification bit it then takes you to a web page to download stuff...
Any ideas how to remove it.?
I have lookout installed and it says i have no virus;s

Gavin01 said:
I keep getting a icon at the top of my phone about downloading various bits of software................it says to opt out go...............then its off the screen. If i click on it to open it on the slide down notification bit it then takes you to a web page to download stuff...
Any ideas how to remove it.?
I have lookout installed and it says i have no virus;s
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Install AdAway and Airblocker from the market and that should stop it.

or Airpush detector to see what app is responsible.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DMsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..

used air push and it found some tapatalk ad thing?

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[Q] My apps

Is there a 1 touch method of opening "my apps" rather than through the market app ?
In the app drawer, in the upper left part, you'll find "All apps" and "My apps". You can use this instead of the market. It is much faster and doesn't need internet connection.
Hope this is what you're looking for...
ahmadshawki said:
In the app drawer, in the upper left part, you'll find "All apps" and "My apps". You can use this instead of the market. It is much faster and doesn't need internet connection.
Hope this is what you're looking for...
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Thanks for reply. I don't think that was what I was after.
When you go into "market" on the right you have a button for "my apps" which lists all your apps on the left and shows which ones have updates, which you can then click to update them.
Not too sure what you mean by apps drawer. Is that the button on top right of home screen?
steftymo said:
Is there a 1 touch method of opening "my apps" rather than through the market app ?
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Perhaps you can give us some insight into what you're trying to accomplish here. I guess you just want to be able to quickly check for updates? I've never had a problem opening the market and just clicking "My Apps", always seemed fast enough for me.
There's not way that I know of that you could make a shortcut to that part of the market program, sorry.
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Thanks for reply. I don't think that was what I was after.
When you go into "market" on the right you have a button for "my apps" which lists all your apps on the left and shows which ones have updates, which you can then click to update them.
Not too sure what you mean by apps drawer. Is that the button on top right of home screen?
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Yeah not sure what you're trying to do.
Do you want to directly see which ones need updating? You can just click the automatic updates so it updates itself.
Do you want to just see your downloaded apps? Click the button on the top left on your homescreen. This launches your 'app drawer'. On the top you'll see My Apps. Click that and and it'll only show you your downloaded/installed apps.

Ads in notifications menu!! Help!!

Somehow my phone number was entered into some phonespy thing, idk u can search it or their home web page is mossi.com , anyways for the last two days I've been getting this logo that appears on the status bar, its a red star in a white circle if you want to know but it doesnt matter. It's an ad and must go. So when I see it I pull down the status bar, it might be a sense thing idk, htc sensation if its important. Well here's the part that is important, in bold it says phonespy, and in regular text it says "to optout go to ....." I can only see half of the url!!!! And when I click on it my browser opens up to one of their pages with more ads and no option to opt out. Is there a way to view old notifications? Or at least next time when I get one because I know I will to view the notification in full????
Please if anyone can help it would save me from throwing my phone against the wall and spamming the email I found during a whois search. Jk. But help would be greatly appreciated.
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Best guess,
Look at the apps you've installed in the last little while. The notification bar adds are probally coming from one of them. Any apps that were non-market installed...more than likely from them.
I've got a widget from 'best apps market' (availible in the android market) that shows last 5 apps installed and options to remove, etc.
If the adds are being txted to you then try blocking the phone number.
Best of luck.
Edit: I did have an app spam me, it was a tetris type game. Had the 'extra space' so as to not be copywrite sued (world tetris??)....uninstalled soon after and they've left me alone.

Battery Upgrade Plus (Bad!)

Hi guys,
I keep getting an irritating green plus sign pop up on my notification bar telling me I need to install some app called "Battery Upgrade Plus".
This then goes on to tell me how to enable non-market apps and so on, so it can be installed.
Clearly this is a lot of old nonsense and it's probably malicious - a quick Internet search supports that theory, so obviously I'm not installing it.
But - can anyone tell me how to stop the stupid notification from constantly popping up?
Ta
It's an advertisment . Some apps post ads in your notification bar.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector&hl=en
Download this and search for Airpush apps
And then remove it~
Deathsongx3 said:
It's an advertisment . Some apps post ads in your notification bar.
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Thanks for the link. Turned out to be iOnroad lite. Shame really as that was an app of the week on The Register.
Teleported in from my HTC Sensation Z710e.

[APP][TEQTIC][4.0+] LivePics - Discover the newest pictures

Introducing LivePics:
With LivePics you can watch the latest pictures as they are posted to Instagram in real time. You can watch a specific tag or the area around you. There's no need to refresh, just sit back and enjoy!
Single tap the picture to pause or resume.
Double tap the picture to like it.
An Instagram account is required to sign in.
Download:
------------ reserved for changelogs ---------------------
Can you guys provide some feedback?
Planned additions:
-Ability to view user's galleries (clickable users)
-Ability to follow users (add them to your Instagram account)
-Clickable locations (see on a map)
-Pick a location to watch
-Adjust the radius to watch
-View your liked photos
Hi @Flyview cool concept. You asked for feedback. I think you should allow the transitions to be slower 2 seconds is to fast.
I don't really understand the seconds of the transition is it random ?
You might want to show a small overlay as a tutorial on first start I found the one tap to pause which is nice and the two tap to like, but I liked a picture without knowing what the 2 tap would do and I don't know which one it was
I'd like a go back feature too, if you see a picture and right when it disappears you notice something but you can't go back, so just a see previous like a swipe right.
Living in Paris I learned with your app that most pictures on instagram are of the Eiffel tower
Getting a blank screen many times.
damage98 said:
Hi @Flyview cool concept. You asked for feedback. I think you should allow the transitions to be slower 2 seconds is to fast.
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Thanks! Yes, this will certainly be a setting.
exadeci said:
I don't really understand the seconds of the transition is it random ?
You might want to show a small overlay as a tutorial on first start I found the one tap to pause which is nice and the two tap to like, but I liked a picture without knowing what the 2 tap would do and I don't know which one it was
I'd like a go back feature too, if you see a picture and right when it disappears you notice something but you can't go back, so just a see previous like a swipe right.
Living in Paris I learned with your app that most pictures on instagram are of the Eiffel tower
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It will show a new picture whenever there is a new one available (up to minimum of every second), this will be configurable. I have to think of a good way to show previous pictures. I was thinking the old ones would become scrollable below but if someone new comes to the app they may think it's like Instagram where the point is to scroll down. And yes, intro overlay should be added as well. That's awesome about Paris haha!
Zaiaku said:
Getting a blank screen many times.
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What mode are you in? Are you watching a tag or area?
Sent from my Nexus 5
good idea, but this is what I get right after connecting. no access to anything!
btw does it work with gps only or can it localise based on network?
Cool idea but I think the suggestions above are a must. Keep it up man
orenxda said:
good idea, but this is what I get right after connecting. no access to anything!
btw does it work with gps only or can it localise based on network?
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Hmmm that's not good. Do you have Google apps installed? What's your Android OS and ROM? It'll work with whatever location provider is available, GPS is not necessary.
Do you mean "Google apps device policy"? no
I run 4.4.2 on Asus A86 device
@Flyview nice app i have few suggestions
1. Ability to select the distance range for nearby pictures
2. Ability to click the user of the pic uploader, which takes directly to their profile so that we can follow them.
3. Custom picture refresh time.
4. Add an overlay which has buttons to Pause/Play Previous/Next buttons.
tried uninstall, reinstall and login.
there is an error warning warning telling me i have to enable cookies in my browser, or disable private mode? then this blank screen all the time. only way to reach login page is uninstall/reinstall
orenxda said:
tried uninstall, reinstall and login.
there is an error warning warning telling me i have to enable cookies in my browser, or disable private mode? then this blank screen all the time. only way to reach login page is uninstall/reinstall
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Oh ok that makes sense then. You need to enable cookies in Chrome (or whatever browser the Instagram login page is using). Otherwise LivePics can't log you in to your Instagram account.
Sent from my Nexus 5
unsure how but eveything started working now lol
Flyview said:
Oh ok that makes sense then. You need to enable cookies in Chrome (or whatever browser the Instagram login page is using). Otherwise LivePics can't log you in to your Instagram account.
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well i checked and cookies are enabled in every browser installed: default, chrome, firefox, opera. not sure witch one instagram is using. will dig deeper in settings.
Same problem, I only get a white screen. Running KiKat on a stock TMobile Note 3. Tried clearing data. Hangs on login screen usually, then it will give the login/cookies error message. If I get past that, back to white screen. Tried uninstalling, then reinstalling - same results.
04/14 - update installed this week - fixed the problem - working fine now.
Zaiaku said:
unsure how but eveything started working now lol
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Were you also seeing a blank screen after logging in or in between pictures?
orenxda said:
well i checked and cookies are enabled in every browser installed: default, chrome, firefox, opera. not sure witch one instagram is using. will dig deeper in settings.
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I will see if it's anything that could be off in the code, a few people seem to be experiencing this. Any more info is appreciated.
rbsummers said:
Same problem, I only get a white screen. Running KiKat on a stock TMobile Note 3. Tried clearing data. Hangs on login screen usually, then it will give the login/cookies error message. If I get past that, back to white screen. Tried uninstalling, then reinstalling - same results.
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So do you ever see the screen where you enter username/password for instagram or does the message come before that? A screenshot would be great!
error message appear after login. then blank screen.

does anyone know where this lockscreen came from

Okay so I don't know where this came from cuz I didn't download any apps recently but this stupid lockscreen started popping up and it's killing my cpu. Can anyone tell me what app it's from so I can disable it?
Satansleftnipple said:
Okay so I don't know where this came from cuz I didn't download any apps recently but this stupid lockscreen started popping up and it's killing my cpu. Can anyone tell me what app it's from so I can disable it?
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I think thats uc shizzz...
goto uc browser > lockscreen stuffs > turnoff lock screen boost battery or something like that option.
sachin n said:
I think thats uc shizzz...
goto uc browser > lockscreen stuffs > turnoff lock screen boost battery or something like that option.
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I don't have that app :silly: here is my app drawer
Satansleftnipple said:
I don't have that app :silly: here is my app drawer
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wait a minute, then just reboot your device into safemod and check your lockscreen still shows that crappy page? i bet that lockscreen thingy is from one of the 3rd party apps youve had insttaled on your phone atm. :silly:
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wait a minute, then just reboot your device into safemod and check your lockscreen still shows that crappy page? i bet that lockscreen thingy is from one of the 3rd party apps youve had insttaled on your phone atm. :silly:
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I went through all of them and couldn't figure it out and I don't really wanna delete all my **** to figure it out but I'll try that real quick ig
Satansleftnipple said:
I went through all of them and couldn't figure it out and I don't really wanna delete all my **** to figure it out but I'll try that real quick ig
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SAFEMODE -
*.Press/Hold Power button until power menu shows up
*.Tap/Hold Power off option
*.Choose OK to reboot in safe mode
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Satansleftnipple said:
Okay so I don't know where this came from cuz I didn't download any apps recently but this stupid lockscreen started popping up and it's killing my cpu. Can anyone tell me what app it's from so I can disable it?
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That's probably from 360 security or cleanmaster, before you say it, I understand that when you first installed 360 or Cleanmaster, it didn't change your lockscreen, but it may have updated the app and the lockscreen was part of the updated app. Remove 360 security and Cleanmaster anyway because "security" apps are all useless junk anyway, viruses don't exist in android the way that the app makers would have you believe. These crappy security apps and optimizers are all junk that only drain your battery and slow the device down, they are not actually beneficial, they do more harm than good. BTW, when you're on the web and you get pages that say you have a virus and prompts to install one of these security apps, you don't actually have a virus, they just want you to install their free app so they can make money on the ads that come with them.
You have several "security" apps and you don't really "need" any of them. Android works by permissions, nothing can attack or invade your device unless you give it permission to, whether you realize it or not (such as clicking links or opening MMS pics or opening email attachments). Being a wise user and only opening things you know are safe is all you really need.
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