SPAM Notification issue lately

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So lately within the past few weeks i have been noticing on my evo android that i am getting like 10+ notifications on my screen DAILY… Its all SPAM cause of what it says… The 1st time i got a SPAM notification i accidentally hit it and it opened up my browser and took me to their site and would not let off.. I tried to change to a different page but it would re-route me back to them, i tried to add another page and the 2nd page took me to their site again.. I was able to go to the home screen but if i hit the browser app, it would still be there…
I was only able to get away from it by powering the phone down and back up again.. It seems like some sort of virus that i picked up. Malware maybe..??
Anyone else having this problem..??

[patrixl]

Is it similar to this? http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725811

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Is it similar to this? http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725811

no, this was no app... and had nothing to do with installing any app.... This was a notification that pops up on top and when you scroll the bar down and hit the link, it opens up the browser and takes u to their web site and locks the browser there.... I was not able to change the web page or if i tried to open a 2nd web page it would again route back to them.... and lock me in....

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This is what is on my phone….. and when i click on it, it opens up my browser and locks me into their web site and i cannot change it, if i open up another web page, it will go to their site again… The only way to get rid of it is to power the phone down and back up again…

[borland]

Actually i think that this notification was generated by an app/apps.. And this is due to a tool called 'airpush' that is employed by a number of those Apps. So You can download an app called AirPush Detector , run it, and it tells you exactly which app is causing the notifications.
It's free, which is even better.

other-ways, If you did a factory reset, that would have removed any viruses that were on your phone.

Hope this helps

[cyberstoic]

Download this airpush detector. It will tell you which app is doing this. Some developers have integrated it, and when your phone updates it's apps, it may now be there.

Use the detector and find the app. Go to market, uninstall it and then rate it a 1, list the reason as malware, and make a comment about it. That will send the message that this has no place in android.

http://www.androidpit.com/en/android...rPush-Detector

If that detector doesn't work, post back.

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Download this airpush detector. It will tell you which app is doing this.

So i found it, installed it and it pulled up Fast Food finder…… 1st question is, how did this app wind up on my phone..?? I sure as heck did not get this app… My wife does not mess with my phone, the only other person is my son who sometimes uses it to watch Netflix… other than that, i have no clue on how it got to my phone.
ANyways, i un-installed it and gave it a bad review… So now we will have to see if these notifications pop up. Now i hear of virus' on android cell phones… This is ridiculous… As if its not bad enough to get a virus on your PC, now you can get in on your android phone…. WTF…??

[Vatothe0]

It's a handheld computer and houses most of your personal data. Why wouldn't someone write a virus for it?

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It's a handheld computer and houses most of your personal data. Why wouldn't someone write a virus for it?

my cell phone is NOT a handheld computer…

[cyberstoic]

So i found it, installed it and it pulled up Fast Food finder…… 1st question is, how did this app wind up on my phone..?? I sure as heck did not get this app… My wife does not mess with my phone, the only other person is my son who sometimes uses it to watch Netflix… other than that, i have no clue on how it got to my phone.
ANyways, i un-installed it and gave it a bad review… So now we will have to see if these notifications pop up. Now i hear of virus' on android cell phones… This is ridiculous… As if its not bad enough to get a virus on your PC, now you can get in on your android phone…. WTF…??

It is very likely that it was preinstalled with the other bloat that you cell phone carrier put on the phone.

It was not problematic until it updated itself. Fast food finder, until very recently, did not have airpush installed in it. When it recently updated itself through the market, the developer of it put it in to generate revenue.

This is not a virus, it is a very annoying ad revenue generation mechanism. I will not ever use apps that use airpush. In my opinion this is malware. At least the detector makes it easy enough to spot.

[Vatothe0]

my cell phone is NOT a handheld computer…

You must have the Zach Morris model then

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[cyberstoic]

You must have the Zach Morris model then

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LOL !!! Thanks, I needed that laugh this morning!

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LOL !!! Thanks, I needed that laugh this morning!

i would not call it a laugh, more of a poor attempt at humor