Hey everyone,
I'm new here and I am hoping y'all can help me out. I recently started getting onclick redirect ads on my S6. I get them in Chrome, Dolphin, Maxthon Browser as well as apps such as Smartnews and bleacher report. These redirect ads are prompted only when I open a new link. They do not happen 100% of the time I open a new link and they do not redirect spontaneously. I have no other pop up ad issues to speak of. The only online browser that does not get the redirect ads is Opera Mini. I started getting these ads about a week ago but I had not downloaded any 3rd party apps. I download exclusively from the app store. After scouring the internet for advice I tried the following without success:
1) delete all recently downloaded apps
2) Clear cache and delete history in my internet browsers
3) Factory reset for phone settings
4) Change the DNS in case it was an infected router
5) Use multiple antivirus/malware programs
At this point in time I got desperate and decided to format the phone. After formatting the phone I did not allow it to download any apps. I opened chrome and still had the redirect ads. I started using my old phone to browse the internet because I was tired of the redirect ads. I turned on my S5 and found that I had the same redirect ads. This is the first time I have used my S5 in over a year and I did not have this issue the last time I used it. After finding the redirect ads on my S5, I was worried that it was somehow related to my google account. I formatted my S6 for a second time and created a brand new google account. I still have the redirect ads.
tdlr; I have formatted my phone multiple times, I have tried every piece of advice I have come across and I still have redirect ads on my S6
Any help would be great. I am at my wits end. Thanks in advance.
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Sometimes when surfing the web on my phone I end up either having the play store open with a suggested app or have the page I was starting to read redirected to another site informing me that my device is slow or a similar message.
I'm increasingly seeing these on different Android devices: My Nexus 5, my mothers S4 Mini and even my father owning a S3 sees these kind of adverts every now and again.
Tonight while browsing an XDA article, I was redirected to another page telling me that my phone was running slow. So I closed the tab, and tried to go read XDA once again, and again I'm redirected to this dodgy page asking me to download software. It appeared to do this until I cleared my cache, cookies etc. Was this a browser hijack!? I have scanned my N5 with Malwarebytes to be sure nothing was actually saved to my device and it came up clean.
I am using Stock 4.4.2, not even rooted. I was using Dolphin browser while browsing XDA when this occurred. My question is: how can I prevent this from occurring again? I am fairly sure my phone isn't home to any malware as I always scrutinise apps and their permissions prior to installation.
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Hmm. I have no idea what Dolphin does as far keeping up with browser exploits and how well it does as far as security related stuff.
What I use is Firefox with http://noscript.net/nsa/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/ (but mobile version).
Once when I was malware hunting shady sites I did get a different result when checking said sites with my phone (they have some malware distribution sites smart enough to check the browser's User Agent to see what the person is using). Basically it started showing me a scare-ware sort of "Scan now to fix virus!" sort of app, which I then just uploaded to VirusTotal (they share the findings with AV providers).
Specially when im on XDA Developer with Boat Browser sometimes automatic open PlayStoreApp with Cleanmaster or something.
Often popup like Whatsapps beeing expired,
u got virus popup !!??
some strange behavior !!
only on XDA Developer Side !?
Any solution !?
Just I formated my device(yuphoria)
After installing apps I can't browse websites
Tried chrome , Mozilla , also ADM (download manager)
I automatically get redirected to a link(have attached screen shot)
This ads keep on poping up
My phone keeps on vibrating
I can't open most if websites every time I am redirected to an add page
What's the problem please tell me
And help me
Thanks in advance
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Just I formated my device(yuphoria)
After installing apps I can't browse websites
Tried chrome , Mozilla , also ADM (download manager)
I automatically get redirected to a link(have attached screen shot)
This ads keep on poping up
My phone keeps on vibrating
I can't open most if websites every time I am redirected to an add page
What's the problem please tell me
And help me
Thanks in advance
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lol funny popup
clean your phone and only put on apps that came with the phone from the factory.
check to make sure the problem is gone.
try installing only a couple extra apps at a time until you figure out which one is causing the problem. im betting its an app that did not come from the play store.
bweN diorD said:
lol funny popup
clean your phone and only put on apps that came with the phone from the factory.
check to make sure the problem is gone.
try installing only a couple extra apps at a time until you figure out which one is causing the problem. im betting its an app that did not come from the play store.
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I searched on net and found that tradeexhange is a malicious site it puts its malware in many browsers and hence it was redirecting
I uninstalled all the browsers and now its working fine
Hello,
recently I installed a firware rom for my tablet and everything was OK until one day, when opening certain websites (not porn sites and never been there), Chrome randomly will popup a message to download some PornFactoryApp_25.apk(other browsers are OK).
What I did is reflashed the ROM, but before that I completelly reformatted the boot and the system partition and nothing helped to get rid of Chrome asking to download scuh porn app.
1. Is it possible that the ROM is infected?
2. Maybe coincidence that certain websites are not ad free and something redirects them to this link
3. Can I find the source of Chrome answering to this app download request?
4. Can I somehow track the link from where it gets the request to download such porn app?
5. Is it possible that part of the boot is infected and cannot be reformatted in no way?
Please if someone is eager to find solution, this woukld be great.
Thanks
there was a recent update to one of my games. legend of pirates. the developer sucks every time there is an update some stuff goes missing or there are some major malfunctions. currently everyone that is logged into facebook as their username and password are able to access their account. but if they delete the game and reinstall it, switch to a nutsplay login, google+ login, or delete their cache/data from the settings tab. they will not be able to login to the game using facebook. usually it takes over a month for problems like this to get fixed, so I am asking for help here to see who can help me through the process. I have an android emulator on my laptop and the game is logged into facebook. there is very limited apps downloaded in it so there are not many files associated with the emulator. I have been able to successfully transfer the apk file of the game and also the 98mb extraction file that initially takes place when the game is loaded for the first time. but none of this has the prestored Facebook login. I have cloned the memu instance and opened the cloned version and when I clicked the legend of Pirates application, it was stored with Facebook details and I was able to access my account that way. but I wish to clone it to my phone, or transfer files to specific pathways . I am having some troubles and seek advice. I know this is my first actual post, but that's because I search for my answers and almost always find the exact answer im looking for. please do not think this is some sort of trolling or whatever people call it. I have used xda forums for some good helpful information like the data toggle switch gone missing and how to get that icon back in the quick bar or whatever it is call at the top of your phone. thanks for anyone who knows anything about memu and how to provide me some enlightenment into this issue.
Hi everyone
Need some advice please, my phone (HUAWEI MATE 9, Android 9, Stock) has recently become the victim of some nasty browser hijacking / malware, where whenever i browse or just use my phone in general, the browser would open and random redirects to ad sites would occur.
At first i thought it was just Chrome, then i disabled it and downloaded FireFox, but the issue still occurs.
It also randomly happens with general usage, one moment you will be browsing your photo gallery, the next the browser launches and re-directs you to one of these ad sites, and is incredibly annoying.
I have not downloaded any dodgy apps or installed from apk's.
Things i have tried
- Ran Malwarebytes Scan = No issues found.
- Cleared Browsing history and cookies for Chrome.
- Installed a completely different browser.
- Disabled personalized Ads setting within my Google Account.
Any help advice to remove this will greatly appreciated, my phone is however not rooted and running stock firmware, and don't really want to resort to a factory reset.
Thanks in advance
Serenath said:
Hi everyone
Need some advice please, my phone (HUAWEI MATE 9, Android 9, Stock) has recently become the victim of some nasty browser hijacking / malware, where whenever i browse or just use my phone in general, the browser would open and random redirects to ad sites would occur.
At first i thought it was just Chrome, then i disabled it and downloaded FireFox, but the issue still occurs.
It also randomly happens with general usage, one moment you will be browsing your photo gallery, the next the browser launches and re-directs you to one of these ad sites, and is incredibly annoying.
I have not downloaded any dodgy apps or installed from apk's.
Things i have tried
- Ran Malwarebytes Scan = No issues found.
- Cleared Browsing history and cookies for Chrome.
- Installed a completely different browser.
- Disabled personalized Ads setting within my Google Account.
Any help advice to remove this will greatly appreciated, my phone is however not rooted and running stock firmware, and don't really want to resort to a factory reset.
Thanks in advance
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Boot the device into safe mode and use it for a while in safe to see if the issue still occurs. If it does not have the issue while using safe mode, the issue is being caused by something that you installed. If it still continues to have the issue while using safe mode, the issue is being caused by something that was factory installed.
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