Does anyone recognize this notification icon? It a blue "+". I started getting this a couple of days ago and don't know where it came from. Trying to figure out how to get rid of it.
Edit: nevermind.. Looks like it was part of an app that's a knock-off of Cut the Rope called Feed your Dino. Saw it in the market and just wanted to see how badly it ripped off Cut the Rope. Very poor graphics and glitchly touch responses. And it gives those spam notifications.
I think its from an app that is pushing ads to you. Get Air Push detector from the market, will tell you which one.
Got this from a lightning skull live wallpaper as well,this is a pain.Is there a way to stop it and keep the app and not just find it?
Try this. Don't know if it works.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.byq.airblocker
There's an ad blocker that blocks airpush crap like that blue + gimme a sec and ill get you the name and update the post
Edit: Airblocker on the Play Store/Market, it works on GB and ICS been using it for a while since I had a game I liked that slammed me with that crap 2x an hr or so
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Yes, airblocker works great. I keep it installed.
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Thanks. i'll try the air blocker. But as soon as I uninstalled Feed My Dino, the notification disappeared and hasn't been back.
Edit: Air push detector says it's clean. I'm sure it was Feed By Dino doing it.
Euclid's Brother said:
Thanks. i'll try the air blocker. But as soon as I uninstalled Feed My Dino, the notification disappeared and hasn't been back.
Edit: Air push detector says it's clean. I'm sure it was Feed By Dino doing it.
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yep once you uninstall the host app it kills the push spam
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I'm sure it was. I keep airblock installed because alot of apps are adding this annoyance.
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So first of all I've never had this happen to any of my other android phones phones before but as soon as i got my bell galaxy nexus (gsm) I've been getting at least 2 of these ads( telling me I've won a prize) pop up in my notification bar. I have already done a factory reset and loaded different roms and I'm still getting them!! I also did malware checks and got nothing
any ideas?
I had something similar. It was the MP3 downloader V7. It contains 'AirPush'
There is an app on the market that searches for the AirPush component & reveals what Apps you have on your phone that uses it!
Please let us know what you find.
Had the same crap happen to me today, would like to know how to stop this crap.
You downloaded an app that uses this as their form of ads. Only way to stop it is to remove the app.
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You downloaded an app that uses this as their form of ads. Only way to stop it is to remove the app.
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I've never had any ad notifications. It's something you downloaded.
Airpush detector or Addons detector from the market.
It's your own fault for downloading **** to your phone..
i downloaded the 'airpush detector' it found that the app 'easy mp3 downloader' was the problem!
Downloaded airpush and it does not find anything, I only got one stupid txt claiming I won something, if I get anymore I will dig deep into it, thanks for the suggestions.
arimus said:
Downloaded airpush and it does not find anything, I only got one stupid txt claiming I won something, if I get anymore I will dig deep into it, thanks for the suggestions.
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Could you list your apps, then maybe we could all find the culprit together.
I had the same thing saying I won
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I had the same problem, and think I found it, for me it was a free game called bocce HD, to bad I liked the game
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Mine is the same mp3 download or whatever... pretty annoying.. My fix is to keep it frozen until you need to use it.
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ChongoDroid said:
Mine is the same mp3 download or whatever... pretty annoying.. My fix is to keep it frozen until you need to use it.
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Or delete it and search for the GTunes apk because it does the same thing no airpush.
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Remember to leave a 1 star and a negative comment in the market on those apps that use the air push ****!
Ever since I got my phone, I started getting spam such as "you've won a $500 card to Best Buy, just answer a few questions" daily. These appears in my drop down list and not SMS/messaging.
What can I do?
Its called air push. There is a permanent opt out apparently in the market, but it has mixed results. For me it doesn't work for my brown it does
Not my brown, my bro damn auto correct
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Kkg is correct. Not sire if it comes included in the phone but from my experiences it happens after you install certain apps that include it.
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actually there is a newer SPAM bot system than air push, just last week i installed a new game and it came loaded with it, good thing is, all i had to do was uninstall that game to remove it
annoying as hell, sorry forgot the name of that game, it was some shoot them up game, just don't remember the tittle
just today i found yet another one, this one was caught by the antivirus software when i tried to install a fake temple run
Run the airpush detector and download an antivirus app. Its probably one of your apps. What did you download as soon as you got the phone? Was there something free or did you get one online with your cpu and install with the cord? You can fix this easily. If it really is something that came with your phone rooting and flashing should get the job done. I have gotten 2 weird messages but they originated from tmobile. Some attempt at raising revenues.
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there is a app that will tell you what app is causing it airpush detector i think is what its called
I have gotten that spam crap when i open my browser
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I would definitely check through your apps and delete the ones that look "shady" to you. I can usually tell if a app looks shady or not just by the app itself, but it is sometimes hard to distinguish. Also, running a anti-virus app mentioned by the posts above me will help in flushing out suspicious looking apps.
Its an app. It happened to me with free mp3 downloads app lol
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Some GOSMS themes now come with this. Sad ****ers have got to go.
If you install Lookout's Push Ad Detector and run it you'll know which apps you have installed have these ads. It'll also direct you to the way to opt-out if you can or you can uninstall the app.
Link to app --> https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.addetector
the opt out never works, is best to just uninstall the App/Game and give them bad reviews
The application stated above works great! I had been getting the green plus signs in my status bar that say I won something or free best buy gift cards etc... I found out that it was caused by Go sms themes, like the black& white theme and purple theme specifically. I hated getting these adds. It made me feel like my phone was unsafe. Do virus apps really do much, or do they just take up room? Thanks for the application and any more info! David
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there is a fake ICS them for Go Launcher EX that also comes pre-loaded with SPAM bot
Thanks, it found MySettings. We will see in a day or so what happens.
just long press home key right after you the get AD. The offending app will be there. Uninstall
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I unlocked my screen today and on my home screen there was an icon I've never seen before. It was a blue square with a magnifying glass and under the icon it said " search". Idk where it came from but what should I do about? I removed it and looked for it in my app drawer and in settings under apps but couldn't locate it
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lolwut
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I have had this happen to me multiple times in the past and I don't know if it's a virus or what.
Lol not a virus. Its an app that you recently installed that added it. Usually bad apps or ones that are shady. Might want to figure out the most recent app you installed.
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I unlocked my screen today and on my home screen there was an icon I've never seen before. It was a blue square with a magnifying glass and under the icon it said " search". Idk where it came from but what should I do about? I removed it and looked for it in my app drawer and in settings under apps but couldn't locate it
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Probably a malicious app.
Delete any app u've installed in recently.
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Definitely a malicious app. Download some antivirus/antimalware apps.
download this app to see what app could be in question! it detects apps with ad addons https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDMsImNvbS5kZW5wZXIuYWRkb25zZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
I've had that happen to me when I installed some games/apps. Dunno what it is though, weird.
it is just a malicious app brother... review the apps that you have recently installed and remove it one by one until the issue is gone.
I use a program for music, it is written that it will add a search icon blah blah on install screen. I just delete the icon.
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I use a program for music, it is written that it will add a search icon blah blah on install screen. I just delete the icon.
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And you don't think that's bad? You must be somebody that uses lime wire as well and thinks its fine and has no danger.
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And you don't think that's bad? You must be somebody that uses lime wire as well and thinks its fine and has no danger.
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Lime wire still exists!? I actually used lime wire all the time til it was shut down. Then I kept using it til I got a new laptop.
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Lime wire still exists!? I actually used lime wire all the time til it was shut down. Then I kept using it til I got a new laptop.
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Well you see I don't use illegal tactics... otherwise I would have known it was taken down... point being. Stop doing things that aren't totally legit. Even if it is on the market.
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And you don't think that's bad? You must be somebody that uses lime wire as well and thinks its fine and has no danger.
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No it's not bad, as the developer who is well known has not kept it secret, it's written clearly on his play store link.
It's a search icon that if you use will search using some other search engine, obviously I don't use it.
This happened on my wifes old glaxy s i9000 when she installed kindle app.
Have you installed kindle recently?
To be on the safe side i wiped her phone immediately.
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Well you see I don't use illegal tactics... otherwise I would have known it was taken down... point being. Stop doing things that aren't totally legit. Even if it is on the market.
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That was in 2010 in case you were wondering how far behind you've fallen
Anyways yes there are some apps that state they will place an icon on your home screen, its just a more intrusive way of advertising so they can make that money. The ones to be concerned with are the ones that don't forewarn you about push notifications or shortcuts, because then you may not know to look for an alternative. Of course if you read some reviews, like I do you, you can usually find out about these things before downloading.
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Download and install AirPush Detector and Ad Network Detector from the Play Store. They always help me identify apps that cause problems.
Hello All,
I started to get advertisements under my "notification" bar. Sometimes I would get a notification, and it is like advertising for something, and when I click on it, it attempt to access the webpage ( which I declined to continue). Is the fact that i'm getting these advertisements mean that my phone is infected with spywares? if so how do i get rid of them?
thanks
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Hello All,
I started to get advertisements under my "notification" bar. Sometimes I would get a notification, and it is like advertising for something, and when I click on it, it attempt to access the webpage ( which I declined to continue). Is the fact that i'm getting these advertisements mean that my phone is infected with spywares? if so how do i get rid of them?
thanks
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Download airpush from playstore it will tell you which app they are coming from
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projectseahorse said:
Hello All,
I started to get advertisements under my "notification" bar. Sometimes I would get a notification, and it is like advertising for something, and when I click on it, it attempt to access the webpage ( which I declined to continue). Is the fact that i'm getting these advertisements mean that my phone is infected with spywares? if so how do i get rid of them?
thanks
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Most likely you installed a app that has advertisements some have google apps and some have ones that pop up in your notification area other then it being annoying its not necessarily spyware, find the app and uninstall it and your problem will be solved
Our you can install Rom toolbox pro from the market and block every type of ad everywhere
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Get airpush detector like the other post said. Thing about these apps that use those kinds of ads also like to thro shortcuts on your homescreen and browser. Everyone hates these apps so rather than block em, i prefer to uninstall them and not use that devs stuff again till they get the point!
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Quick question relating to ads... Some come as txt. Rarely do but I get some. Any advice with those?
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I think theres an sms blocker app thats supposed to be good at stopping those. Never had a need for it but have seen it mentioned a few times.
In the upcoming jb, this feature is built in.
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Whatever free MP3 download crap app you downloaded is causes those
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Whatever free MP3 download crap app you downloaded is causes those
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I don't download any crap especially those types of apps.
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I keep getting this unknown symbol that is a app i recently downloaded leaving me unwanted advertisements. Im looking for an app that will be able to tell me which downloaded app is leaving the unwanted advertisements.
I use to have one but deleted it long time ago.
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Long press the notification. It should tell you which app.
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Air push detector from the play store will help you get rid of it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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Air push detector from the play store will help you get rid of it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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Also, Lookout's Ad Network Detector
AirPush is what I use too.
I am curoius to know which app is doing it though. When you find out, please come back here and let us know. AFAIK Google did away with push notifications a few months ago. At least that is what I thought (but my tin foil hat still hasme have AirPush installed).
Woody said:
AirPush is what I use too.
I am curoius to know which app is doing it though. When you find out, please come back here and let us know. AFAIK Google did away with push notifications a few months ago. At least that is what I thought (but my tin foil hat still hasme have AirPush installed).
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IOS apps do this all the time. Unsure why those users put up with it. It's obnoxious.