Has anyone else seen this? I've gotten it to pop up 5 times or so since I've owned this phone and I have no clue what app it could be. I have the same apps on this phone that I always have on my phones and the only difference is now I don't have Adaway. I'm assuming it's something that I just never saw before due to it being blocked. Am I the only one with this? It opens in Samsung Browser. At the time, I was in TheScore app looking at baseball scores...
Sorry, here's the picture:
It's definitely not a legit system message. If it's only popping up in the browser try going into settings / apps and clearing all data for the browser you're using.
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It's definitely not a legit system message. If it's only popping up in the browser try going into settings / apps and clearing all data for the browser you're using.
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Interestingly, here's what happens when I directly try to go to the URL listed in my first screenshot.
By any chance does it pop up everytime you unlock the phone or is it random?
It looks like a trojan or Malware to me!
It may be too late but I would NOT click to Fix Now button
I tried to look it up but do not see any direct hits for the exact wording
That's a SPAM ad. It's probably coming from an app or website you're on. Those are extremely common on tv streaming sites and file locker/file sharing sites. If you click on it it will take you to a site that will offer to "clean" your phone for you for a fee or subscription.
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It looks like a trojan or Malware to me!
It may be too late but I would NOT click to Fix Now button
I tried to look it up but do not see any direct hits for the exact wording
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harveydent said:
That's a SPAM ad. It's probably coming from an app or website you're on. Those are extremely common on tv streaming sites and file locker/file sharing sites. If you click on it it will take you to a site that will offer to "clean" your phone for you for a fee or subscription.
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What these two guys said. I've had that crap pop up through Facebook vids I've watched and from links sent to me via Messenger. Don't click on anything, just back out!
clear your cache and check your apps list..uninstall fishy looking apps....
It is just an advert, various apps and website use a pool of adverts and occasionally it gives you one of those annoying fake system message ones, the worst once constantly vibrate your phone too - there is not much you can do other than close the tab and try again.
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Before I jumped on the root bandwagon I seem to remember seeing an app in the Market called No Ads or something similar which removed adverts from apps.. I cant seem to find it on the market, does anybody know what exactly it was called? or has anyone got the .apk? many thanks
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Before I jumped on the root bandwagon I seem to remember seeing an app in the Market called No Ads or something similar which removed adverts from apps.. I cant seem to find it on the market, does anybody know what exactly it was called? or has anyone got the .apk? many thanks
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I think it was called "Ad Free" but I can't seem to find it in the market now :-/ Tbh, I thought it was pretty useless, as it actually makes pages uglier by showing a "page could not be found" error instead of the ad. It sounds silly, but I actually reverted to the old HOSTS file because of it.
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I think it was called "Ad Free" but I can't seem to find it in the market now :-/ Tbh, I thought it was pretty useless, as it actually makes pages uglier by showing a "page could not be found" error instead of the ad. It sounds silly, but I actually reverted to the old HOSTS file because of it.
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ok thank you anyway sir. nice to see another brit on here
Its called "AdFree" exact capitalization and spelling
AdFree is a great program. One of my favs. I would rather see "can't be loaded" over an ad th slows down loading time. Check for updates if you download an app with ads normally cleans them right up.
WiredAnim said:
AdFree is a great program. One of my favs. I would rather see "can't be loaded" over an ad th slows down loading time. Check for updates if you download an app with ads normally cleans them right up.
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I could not agree more.
after you install adfree, you have to reboot a few times and clear you browser cache. It take some work to get the "this page cannot be displayed" to catch on and go away.
great, thanks guys.
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great, thanks guys.
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If you're paranoid, as I am, about running root-enabled apps that are closed source, this script does the same thing. Also, not being an app, it cannot eat up execution memory in any way. Furthermore, not using an app means Google will not know (which is not to imply that they necessarily care) that you are running an ad blocker.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516889
ignore this post.
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If you're paranoid, as I am, about running root-enabled apps that are closed source, this script does the same thing. Also, not being an app, it cannot eat up execution memory in any way. Furthermore, not using an app means Google will not know (which is not to imply that they necessarily care) that you are running an ad blocker.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516889
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Interesting... Very intersting....
I'm going to check this out. One less app never hurt. Thanks.
Today I saw something really weird, I am asking for an explanation of what it was.
I had my N1 screen locked and in my pocket.
I took it out to check the time... so first I hit the power button to turn the screen on.
As soon as the screen was on I saw what I think is called a "biscuit?" type notification on my phone that was centered in the screen. It said:
"fwd fwd please call [phone number I didn't recognize]"
Below that was two buttons I think for "Call" or "Dismiss".
I hit Dismiss and went on to unlock the phone and check the time but it was the only time I have ever seen that type of notification.
I checked new Emails, Texts, Chats but it wasn't part of any of those.
Sorry I couldn't get a screen capture of it.
Any bright ideas out there?
My configuration:
N1, Tmobile, was rooted prior to manually install gingerbread from update.zip. [I don't think it's rooted anymore]
Do you have any pirated apps?
Nasty Malware Found in Another Pirated App [Android.Pjapps] http://phandroid.com/?p=42279
Or any of these?
Google Pulls 21 Malware Apps Posing as Bogus Versions of Real Apps http://phandroid.com/?p=42290
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danger-rat said:
Do you have any pirated apps?
Nasty Malware Found in Another Pirated App [Android.Pjapps] http://phandroid.com/?p=42279
Or any of these?
Google Pulls 21 Malware Apps Posing as Bogus Versions of Real Apps http://phandroid.com/?p=42290
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If anyone did have one of those listed apps, I'd also suggest turning on Google's 2-Step verification for your Gmail account. I unfortunately downloaded the 'Chess' app last week, only to find it didn't actually appear to do anything at all when I opened it on my N1. But within a few days, my Gmail account was hijacked for spam. It's the only correlation I have, and while I have no proof, it's a strong suspicion and probably good advice anyway.
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If anyone did have one of those listed apps, I'd also suggest turning on Google's 2-Step verification for your Gmail account. I unfortunately downloaded the 'Chess' app last week, only to find it didn't actually appear to do anything at all when I opened it on my N1. But within a few days, my Gmail account was hijacked for spam. It's the only correlation I have, and while I have no proof, it's a strong suspicion and probably good advice anyway.
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On that note, it's probably not a bad idea to go ahead and install a free mobile antivirus program like Lookout, AVG, or Norton.
I'm not sure if this is the same, but might be something to look at. My voicemail with tmo offers people the option to page instead of leave a message. When they do, I always get some cryptic 'please call [number]' message that shows up like a text.
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On that note, it's probably not a bad idea to go ahead and install a free mobile antivirus program like Lookout, AVG, or Norton.
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But is there any proof those apps would have detected the malware that androidpolice reported?
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But is there any proof those apps would have detected the malware that androidpolice reported?
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Not having access to those malicious apps to test with, I can't say for sure. What I can say is that those antivirus apps will detect far more malicious apps than you would without them. Especially when it's free, it doesn't make any sense to not have some sort of protection.
EDIT: As mentioned on the Official Lookout Blog:
Update: We’ve deployed an over-the-air update that protects Lookout users from all known instances of DroidDream.
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So at least with the update, yes, Lookout would now detect the DroidDream malware. Again, better safe than sorry.
jonfawcett said:
I'm not sure if this is the same, but might be something to look at. My voicemail with tmo offers people the option to page instead of leave a message. When they do, I always get some cryptic 'please call [number]' message that shows up like a text.
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I think this is what I saw. I have TMo and their visual voicemail app, and with no signal in the building I was working in a caller must have done that paging thing.
It was weird that it didn't look like a text notification.
Also thanks for the tip about malware, I didn't have any of the apps listed, but the google account check is very good advice.
lulzed at "biscuit" notification.
It's called a toast notification
GldRush98 said:
lulzed at "biscuit" notification.
It's called a toast notification
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I don't care what it is as long as we cover it in butter and jam!
I was thinking they might be called "pancake" notification? Some sort of breakfast snack... either way I repeated the condition by dialing my phone and "paging" option. Thanks all you all.
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The Music Beta by Google app seems to be giving me issues. I have been using it since it launched on the Xoom without any kind of problems until now. It is telling me that I have too many devices connected to my account. That doesn't make any sense because I know for a fact that I do not have more than 8 devices or computers connected to my account like it's telling me I have. I know for a fact that I have my Xoom, my Droid, and my computer all connected to my Music account. And that's it! Nothing else.
Now I can't use Music Beta on my Xoom... and I don't know why it would be saying that when I know it's false. This is the only app that is giving me problems. Screenshot attached...
UPDATE: The problem has been resolved by me! Check out the post below to see...
I have fixed the problem! I am rooted, of course... and it turns out that every time I wiped data on my Xoom, and then signed back into my Music Beta account on a fresh new install, it would add my Xoom to my list of devices again. My Xoom was actually listed 7 times on the Music Beta device list, followed by my Droid... which is a total of 8 devices. That explains everything!
To fix this:
Just log into the desktop version of Music Beta by clicking here, go into settings, and then you'll see a place to manage your devices. Just remove the multiple device entries from the list, and then... presto! We're back in business!
Important Lesson Of The Day:
If you own a Xoom, are rooted, wipe data a lot, and you use Music Beta a lot... you will want to make sure that you check out your device list right away. I can almost guarantee that your Xoom is listed more than one time. If there are multiple device entries of the same thing, just remove them off your list. It's that easy!
And if you don't do this... eventually you will end up hitting 8 devices total like I did. Then you will have to remove at least one device entry from the list before you can use it again, because you are only allowed 8 devices at a time, even if it just so happens to be the same device listed 8 different times. Just be aware of that situation and you won't ever have a problem.
If anyone has found this information useful or informative, please give me a thanks. Also, leave any comments if you have any. Thanks all!
i experienced a similar situation with the kindle app, every time i wiped and reloaded the kindle app, it thought it was a new xoom, so i had 6 tablets on the account.
thanks for the heads up with the google music.
Sardo Numspa said:
i experienced a similar situation with the kindle app, every time i wiped and reloaded the kindle app, it thought it was a new xoom, so i had 6 tablets on the account.
thanks for the heads up with the google music.
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Ahh very similar situation indeed. It's something I wanted us root users to realize when wiping data. Little things like this... I don't think most people think about or even know about. Also, thanks for the heads up about the Kindle app. I don't use it so much right now so I didn't know that.
Man you are a life saver
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Man you are a life saver
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Really? Awesome!
Fixed the problem immediately. Thanks for the heads up
Thumbs up...
-as usual for diablo!
It also happens when corporate syncing in Microsoft outlook. I have to delete phones and tablets after I root them a couple times.
Psychokitty said:
-as usual for diablo!
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Thank you! I try.
Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
It also happens when corporate syncing in Microsoft outlook. I have to delete phones and tablets after I root them a couple times.
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Ah that's also good to know. It seems like these kind of services you'd have to watch if you are rooted, just so you won't have any future problems.
Cant find settings in google music on the web page
Sorry, I cant find the settings in the google music section on the web page. Do you mind explaining where it is? Sorry if this sounds like a noob question.
Rraman3110 said:
Sorry, I cant find the settings in the google music section on the web page. Do you mind explaining where it is? Sorry if this sounds like a noob question.
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Nah it's cool. You need to click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of the Music Beta page while you are logged in, and then hit music settings. You can then see the page that has your devices on it. Done.
Thanks for finding this. I couldn't figure it out. Would work fine from my laptop, but not on my EVO or my Thrive. Was making me a little crazy.
Thanks for this. Since I've only wiped my Xoom once, it was listed once...but my D3..listed multiple times, cuz of wiping
Thanks!!
Thanks for the fix, I got the notification last night and had no idea how since I only use Google Music on my PC and phone, hopefully they fix the issue of it automatically authorizing the same device multiple times.
Tune- said:
Thanks for the fix, I got the notification last night and had no idea how since I only use Google Music on my PC and phone, hopefully they fix the issue of it automatically authorizing the same device multiple times.
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Hopefully they do down the road. Each device has its own MAC address, so it should be fairly easy to allow it to differentiate between same devices so that they will not make the list more than once. It should not be difficult for it to identify a device that is already on the list via MAC address, or so you would think so right.
Just had my first ever android virus/malware. I downloaded Wireless Mouse from the Play store and was impressed so I went to the developer's website and noticed they had an Airplay app. As soon as I downloaded it I got a starred notification in the notification bar which I unwisely opened. and then got a white screen for a couple of minutes. As soon as I was able to return to the launcher, I tried to download an anti-virus app but got an error. In fact I was unable to download new aps or even open existing apps. The system was painfully slow but evenually I managed to do a factory reset and hopefully all will be well. Anyone else had problems with a Necta app? Or have they themselves been hacked
Never heard of it, glad to hear you got it fixed though
Thanks for sharing .
What permissions did the airplay app ask for?
Painfully slow makes me think that it wasn't malware per se, but more like it was spending a lot of CPU searching for shared media? How long did you give it?
ludovicien said:
I went to the developer's website and noticed they had an Airplay app. As soon as I downloaded it
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The bit of the story you of course left out, is the bit where you ticked the Uknown Sources checkbox in the settings, and then read the following message, and digested it:
“Your phone and personal data are more vulnerable to attack by applications from unknown sources. You agree that you are solely responsible for any damage to your phone or loss of data that may result from using these applications.” Press “OK” to continue.
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What permissions did the airplay app ask for?
Painfully slow makes me think that it wasn't malware per se, but more like it was spending a lot of CPU searching for shared media? How long did you give it?
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I was far more bothered by the inability to use Play than the slowness itself. I had 20 minutes of the phone being unusable and decided to wipe rather than risk being hacked. You can check the permissions by looking at the app here http://www.necta.us/
No proof that this app was responsible, of course. Could have been a coincidence.
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The bit of the story you of course left out, is the bit where you ticked the Uknown Sources checkbox in the settings, and then read the following message, and digested it:
“Your phone and personal data are more vulnerable to attack by applications from unknown sources. You agree that you are solely responsible for any damage to your phone or loss of data that may result from using these applications.” Press “OK” to continue.
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My Mum just said the same thing.
CrazyPeter said:
The bit of the story you of course left out, is the bit where you ticked the Uknown Sources checkbox in the settings, and then read the following message, and digested it:
“Your phone and personal data are more vulnerable to attack by applications from unknown sources. You agree that you are solely responsible for any damage to your phone or loss of data that may result from using these applications.” Press “OK” to continue.
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It is already vulnerable, more or less, considering the fact it uses stock play store
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have you tried airpush detector?
Are you sure it was Necta / Airplay app that caused the problem?
"I got a starred notification in the notification bar which I unwisely opened."
Sounds to me like it was an ad. Many apps start displaying ads that way in the notification bar. I think it was one of the ads that you clicked on?
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Are you sure it was Necta / Airplay app that caused the problem?
"I got a starred notification in the notification bar which I unwisely opened."
Sounds to me like it was an ad. Many apps start displaying ads that way in the notification bar. I think it was one of the ads that you clicked on?
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No, not sure, but it happened the second I downloaded Airplay from their site. May well have been an ad. I'm pretty careful usually but was pretty sleepy at that time.
No real proof it was malware.. Could have been some kind of a conflict with other apps or a million other things..
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Are you sure it was Necta / Airplay app that caused the problem?
"I got a starred notification in the notification bar which I unwisely opened."
Sounds to me like it was an ad. Many apps start displaying ads that way in the notification bar. I think it was one of the ads that you clicked on?
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Well I've searched around this forum and found that there wasn't a thread about firewall apps.
My question is: Which app have you tried and found that it works perfectly for you?
My main goal here is to limit some apps from using up my mb's when I'm away from my wifi.
So which app do you guys recommend?
P.S. obviously this might require root which isn't a problem.
A firewall for a phone ? ? Seriously.... It's as useless like many fake antivirus for phones.... Just not install useless and strange apps from other sites, and don't clic on EV every link you receive
xTremePower said:
A firewall for a phone ? ? Seriously.... It's as useless like many fake antivirus for phones.... Just not install useless and strange apps from other sites, and don't clic on EV every link you receive
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Umm...if it wasn't clear from the post, what I meant by firewall is an app that'll prevent installed apps from using up my internet data bundle.
A lot of cariers, including mine, don't offer cheap unlimited data bundles and, hence, I have a need to stop certain apps from accessing the internet when not on wifi.
My question has nothing to do with security.
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I'm using the FireWall Plus
And I'm quite happy with it... You can choose if you want block/allow Data/Wifi ... one or both :good:
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I'm using the FireWall Plus
And I'm quite happy with it... You can choose if you want block/allow Data/Wifi ... one or both :good:
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Well I gave Firewall Plus a fair day's trial, for the most part, it works nicely.
But google now and google chrome seem to be blocked even though they are white listed in the app which is weird. Do I need to check something else for them to work?
Btw, I know the app was set up properly since other apps such as whatsapp to receive Internet while others like facebook don't.
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Well I gave Firewall Plus a fair day's trial, for the most part, it works nicely.
But google now and google chrome seem to be blocked even though they are white listed in the app which is weird. Do I need to check something else for them to work?
Btw, I know the app was set up properly since other apps such as whatsapp to receive Internet while others like facebook don't.
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You can choose if you want black list or white list...
Personally I use black list... so I check GSM or Wifi or both, click to "Save rules" in the top menu and it works... I never had any trouble with it :angel:
I might be something "deeper" of app networking... I would suggest to report it to coders of FP.
I would highly recommend DroidWall...best ever..