Hi everyone! I recently acquired the Skyrocket from AT&T and love everything about it so far. But, I have noticed an increase in mobile spam? Does anyone know how to stop this? I get what looks like a text message but it shows a white star with red dot at the top of the phone. It's always some kind of anti virus software offer, this time from snap secure. I'm using Avast so I don't need it. Does any one know how to put an end to this? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Mobile Spam?
- Thread starter bangschr
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Sounds like "airpush" advertising, a particularly annoying type of ad that some apps use.
There are a few apps that can be used to identify this - Lookout's Ad Network Detector or Addons Detector are 2 that come to mind. If they can identify the app that's doing this then you can remove it (and give it a lousy review in the Play Store to warn others, if you feel public-spirited
).
If you can't find the culprit, it might be worth trying the suggestion from this post.
There are a few apps that can be used to identify this - Lookout's Ad Network Detector or Addons Detector are 2 that come to mind. If they can identify the app that's doing this then you can remove it (and give it a lousy review in the Play Store to warn others, if you feel public-spirited
). If you can't find the culprit, it might be worth trying the suggestion from this post.
Sharondippity
Dismember
Same here
Which theme was it?
WA_Bob
Android Expert
It was a green one that was new to me. I can't recall the name of it, but I know it disappeared because I went looking for it shortly after I'd deleted it to see if it was still up.
I'm sure whatever the spam-ware that was built into it was designed to not trip up the Anti-virus software at first. I use Avast and it never registered on it at all.
I'm sure whatever the spam-ware that was built into it was designed to not trip up the Anti-virus software at first. I use Avast and it never registered on it at all.