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Ads in status bar?

hi all, ive been using cm7 for a long time now, and all of the sudden im starting to get adds in my status bar, requesting me to get free ipads and other apps. is it being done by a app i downloaded, or something else. is there anyway to stop it?
Thanks in advance

Jelly Nugget said:
hi all, ive been using cm7 for a long time now, and all of the sudden im starting to get adds in my status bar, requesting me to get free ipads and other apps. is it being done by a app i downloaded, or something else. is there anyway to stop it?
Thanks in advance
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Yes it's from an app. I had the same problem with a Go Launcher theme I was running.

Use this to find the offending app, and uninstall it.

I had that problem a few times. There are a few apps that do it. After the first couple I started paying attention to reviews even more.
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I think status bar ads are absolutely unacceptable.
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Unethical as well... you can delete an email, block a call, purge a text, but you have to use another program to detect an offending air push POS app, then go through the hassle to freeze it or remove it! I make it a point to email "ads" to let them know they WONT get my business because of the way they advertised to me.
Coflropter said:
I think status bar ads are absolutely unacceptable.
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[Q] how are these ads in my notification tray happening??

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.

joshnichols189 said:
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

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 think I got malware or a app triggering notification ads.

I am getting two ads a day in my Notification Bar. It's odd because I don't download anything from the market that looks suspicious. I also read the comments for everything I download. Does anyone know of a way I can figure out what app is pushing these ads or if there is a app that will scan my phone for malware?

jrwingate6 said:
I am getting two ads a day in my Notification Bar. It's odd because I don't download anything from the market that looks suspicious. I also read the comments for everything I download. Does anyone know of a way I can figure out what app is pushing these ads or if there is a app that will scan my phone for malware?
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It's probably just some ad sponsored app. Just get AdAway and all your problems are solved.

Use this to find the offending app.....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImNvbS5kZW5wZXIuYWRkb25zZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
or a simpler version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..

24dupo24 said:
Use this to find the offending app.....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImNvbS5kZW5wZXIuYWRkb25zZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
or a simpler version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
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Mp3 music downloader is known to do that

24dupo24 said:
Use this to find the offending app.....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwyLDEsImNvbS5kZW5wZXIuYWRkb25zZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
or a simpler version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
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Awesome. Thanks man. It found the offending app. Stupid dog whistle app I was using to annoy my wife. Turns out, it annoyed me more.
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My wife and I both have SGS3's and she is constantly getting these apps/widgets that pop up on her home screens yet are not in her app drawer and these are not apps that she downloaded. Anyone else experience anything similar and is there a way to block these apps?? Thanks
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dmarco said:
My wife and I both have SGS3's and she is constantly getting these apps/widgets that pop up on her home screens yet are not in her app drawer and these are not apps that she downloaded. Anyone else experience anything similar and is there a way to block these apps?? Thanks
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I hate when that happens
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dmarco said:
My wife and I both have SGS3's and she is constantly getting these apps/widgets that pop up on her home screens yet are not in her app drawer and these are not apps that she downloaded. Anyone else experience anything similar and is there a way to block these apps?? Thanks
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Yeah that happen to me so it happen after I download an app that was sending weird notifications..
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dmarco said:
My wife and I both have SGS3's and she is constantly getting these apps/widgets that pop up on her home screens yet are not in her app drawer and these are not apps that she downloaded. Anyone else experience anything similar and is there a way to block these apps?? Thanks
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She probably downloaded a app like me which is putting them there.
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Get airpush from playstore it will tell you what app is causing it
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If you find the offending app, you can opt out of their push notifications via a website depending what company is pushing the spam on you. I honestly forget which company it was ... you'll have to go to the playstore and find the offending app and check out the description. I know one of them had instructions on how to opt out.
Wont work for all of them, but you might get lucky.
There is also an airpush opt out app in the playstore as well.

dmarco said:
My wife and I both have SGS3's and she is constantly getting these apps/widgets that pop up on her home screens yet are not in her app drawer and these are not apps that she downloaded. Anyone else experience anything similar and is there a way to block these apps?? Thanks
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im also having this problem, but airpush didnt find anything. not sure what else to do. it fills up my entire home screen with shortcuts to "free games" and other junk like that.

Adaway is the app that you need
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Ads

So, the other day I downloaded an APK for Age of War.....now I keep getting annoying ads out of no where, and they even talk! Like WTF?! How do I get rid of it all?!

E4GTUser94 said:
So, the other day I downloaded an APK for Age of War.....now I keep getting annoying ads out of no where, and they even talk! Like WTF?! How do I get rid of it all?!
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If you're on JB go into settings/application mannager , find Age of War , and uncheck show notifications , if it was isde loaded , and i'm guessing it is it could be spam possibly . if you're on ICS and rooted try adaway

also, it has to be said:
be careful of "DLing APKs" from "other sources" as your post seemed to imply. simply not worth it, the risks are high. everything from simple notification-bar spam to contacts hijacking, or worse. not trying to spread FUD, but the threat is there.
also, sadly, the same can be said of many "F2P" games on the Play Market. I found Glu games to be awful in that regard.

You also may want to dl the app air push detector and see if that finds anything as well.
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kingdazy said:
also, it has to be said:
be careful of "DLing APKs" from "other sources" as your post seemed to imply. simply not worth it, the risks are high. everything from simple notification-bar spam to contacts hijacking, or worse. not trying to spread FUD, but the threat is there.
also, sadly, the same can be said of many "F2P" games on the Play Market. I found Glu games to be awful in that regard.
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it was an apk that one of the Android sites I follow on twitter, tweeted out..
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I fixed it... I thought deleting the apk would delete the app itself, but when I went through the app drawer it was still there... now its un installed!
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