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What the hell is up with the ads on the pull down notifications bar????????
I have the ad blocker app, but I'm getting two to three ads a day. Is there a way to stop this????
I think I got it, I found a website lifehacker.com and downloaded a app called AirPush Detector. I ran it and found two apps that run airpush adds. Hope this helps others....
Edit: when I used root uninstaller to remove the apps that were pushing airpush adds, the adds from my notifications were removed. So I'm hoping this is working.............
I don't get that. What apps exactly were pushing out the ads? Id be interested to know. Speaking of ads, It appears that ever since I've switched to Android, I've been swarmed with ads everywhere. Almost every app has ads crammed into them. And what pisses me off is that some apps will no longer work either if you do not have have your Internet connection turned on regardless if the actual app dont need internet to work.... Or the update will update the ads and suddenly you have to click on an ad to load a game in an emulator, each time. Some of these devs are getting ridiculously stingy or greedy. I been using emulators for years since 1999 and I never seen such ridiculous greediness or spammy advertising crammed into so many apps. Listen... Ill support the dev... But this forceful adverts is getting out of hand... Not to mention it slows my connection and the software. It kills my bandwidth. My bandwidth usage has skyrocketed since I started using apps on this phone. The as arevthe primary source of it.......
Ok... That is all. Its just a rant. No flames please. Im not bashing anyone here.
It's more than likely not your phone. It's probably an app you've downloaded that has a script to bypass the ads.
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I don't get that. What apps exactly were pushing out the ads? Id be interested to know. Speaking of ads, It appears that ever since I've switched to Android, I've been swarmed with ads everywhere. Almost every app has ads crammed into them. And what pisses me off is that some apps will no longer work either if you do not have have your Internet connection turned on regardless if the actual app dont need internet to work.... Or the update will update the ads and suddenly you have to click on an ad to load a game in an emulator, each time. Some of these devs are getting ridiculously stingy or greedy. I been using emulators for years since 1999 and I never seen such ridiculous greediness or spammy advertising crammed into so many apps. Listen... Ill support the dev... But this forceful adverts is getting out of hand... Not to mention it slows my connection and the software. It kills my bandwidth. My bandwidth usage has skyrocketed since I started using apps on this phone. The as arevthe primary source of it.......
Ok... That is all. Its just a rant. No flames please. Im not bashing anyone here.
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Grab an ad-blocker. They point the ads back to your phone localhost (127.0.0.1) and shouldn't hold you up when trying to display. Also, try to remember that the ad supported versions of apps are free. Most devs have a paid version that removes the ads.
MrSmith317 said:
Grab an ad-blocker. They point the ads back to your phone localhost (127.0.0.1) and shouldn't hold you up when trying to display. Also, try to remember that the ad supported versions of apps are free. Most devs have a paid version that removes the ads.
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QFT.
When I rooted my rezound, I just used Nils' tool to install the ad-blocking host file and all was right in the world again.
You can also use ROM Toolbox to install an ad block file too.
Ad blocker does not block airpush ads. I have ad blocker and I was getting ads from apps that I downloaded like games. One of my games that I downloaded was using a program to push ads out in my area. Please read the website info I gave everyone on 2nd post. There is two things going on 1. ad blocker 2. airpush ads
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I don't get that. What apps exactly were pushing out the ads? Id be interested to know. Speaking of ads, It appears that ever since I've switched to Android, I've been swarmed with ads everywhere. Almost every app has ads crammed into them. And what pisses me off is that some apps will no longer work either if you do not have have your Internet connection turned on regardless if the actual app dont need internet to work.... Or the update will update the ads and suddenly you have to click on an ad to load a game in an emulator, each time. Some of these devs are getting ridiculously stingy or greedy. I been using emulators for years since 1999 and I never seen such ridiculous greediness or spammy advertising crammed into so many apps. Listen... Ill support the dev... But this forceful adverts is getting out of hand... Not to mention it slows my connection and the software. It kills my bandwidth. My bandwidth usage has skyrocketed since I started using apps on this phone. The as arevthe primary source of it.......
Ok... That is all. Its just a rant. No flames please. Im not bashing anyone here.
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You said since you switched to Android, I have a Ipad and it did the same thing until I jailbreaked the thing. I'm seeing if the game I downloaded was free (what is free in this world) the game dev has to get some type of kick back from someone. That's one of the reasons why I root my phone, to stop this kind of thing. I have no ads on my Ipad and Android after being rooted. I know about the ad block apps but I had no clue about apps using a program to airpush ads. But I got it after doing a little homework!!!! All is good, just download two apps from the market called ad blocker and airpush. Hope this helps.
Use adaway, in the market. you'll never see another ad, even in apps.
The host file is updated daily pretty much, and its free!
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I really don't mind the ads, honest. It's just the forced clicking and mandatory Internet connection for apps that normally don't require it. And when ads for gay singles sites pop up in these apps, you can bet your a$$ im not clicking on that nasty stuff. Most of these apps just displayed the ads, but some, after update, suddenly make you click before you can do anything. Like I said, I will support devs, but this is not the way I'll be doing it.
Thanks for the suggestions. Do I need root for these ad Blockers to work by any chance?
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I really don't mind the ads, honest. It's just the forced clicking and mandatory Internet connection for apps that normally don't require it. And when ads for gay singles sites pop up in these apps, you can bet your a$$ im not clicking on that nasty stuff. Most of these apps just displayed the ads, but some, after update, suddenly make you click before you can do anything. Like I said, I will support devs, but this is not the way I'll be doing it.
Thanks for the suggestions. Do I need root for these ad Blockers to work by any chance?
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Root is required for ad blockers.
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If you download air push detector in the market it will tell you which apps are causing the ads in your notification bar
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evo4gnoob said:
If you download air push detector in the market it will tell you which apps are causing the ads in your notification bar
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Hasn't for me. I just randomly started getting the ads, so I downloaded that app, and nothing. I even ran the app with an ad in my notification bar. Nothing....
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My Prime has these leadbolt ads that pop up quite often. Will someone please help me remo e them?
Get adfree or adaway from Market
heres links
Adaway
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adaway&hl=en
Adfree
https://market.android.com/details?...DEsImNvbS5iaWd0aW5jYW4uYW5kcm9pZC5hZGZyZWUiXQ..
Must be Rooted Though
Yup, I highly recommend Adaway. Gets rid of everything.
So how did you make out?
NickSaul said:
Yup, I highly recommend Adaway. Gets rid of everything.
So how did you make out?
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I've been getting the same ads, but Adaway isn't doing anything. Could Adfree be any different?
Also, I think these are tied to a specific app I've installed - anyone know which one might be causing this? I've never seen ads like this in the notification tray - they show up with a big green "+" sign.
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cbasse said:
I've been getting the same ads, but Adaway isn't doing anything. Could Adfree be any different?
Also, I think these are tied to a specific app I've installed - anyone know which one might be causing this? I've never seen ads like this in the notification tray - they show up with a big green "+" sign.
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if this is something that's been occurring recently, check the notifications for any recent apps you installed.
adaway works great for me and dramatically increases browser page loading speeds. does a great job at eliminating ads.
This typically happens when you download a free app. Paying for the app should not give you pop ups. In my past i havent had any luck with ad blocker. I use adhoc on my HTC Sensation.
I had the same thing. And they are right. It is from a free app. I tried everything to get rid of it and could not even when I deleted all apps I installed. I ended up resetting to factory and reinstalling apps. No problems since.
Download addons detector from the market and see what app is the culprit of the leadbolt ads. Then uninstall it.
Ad Network Detector by Lookout Labs.
They're almost always spot on at identifying the programs that are causing the annoying issues.
Adaway works great for me aswell
I would have recommended adfree (rq root) but it reduces flash functionality for video playback on some websites
Installed "airpush detector" from the market and discovered that Tablet Wallpapers was the app giving me the spam in my notification bar. Uninstalled it, so hopefully that will do the trick!
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All the above mentioned apps worked for me as well. I am ad free now! The best for me was Ad Network Dedector whitch found all kinds of apps on my Prime. Good luck!
If an app is sending ads to your notifications bar, you should find out which app it is, leave the most negative review possible regarding the notification bar ads (but be polite, people ignore reviews filled with curse words) and then uninstall the app.
If people don't use an app because it has notification ads, then app developers will stop using this method of advertising to promote their products.
Honestly though, Google needs to step in and stop people from spamming the notifications bar with advertisements. That area is for important information, not crap like "50% Off Downloadable Armor in Blood & Glory!"
Ad Notification
Tablet wallpapers was the culprit for me as well.
Download Addons detector from the market this might solve your problem....
You really need to change your title. I though it said infected with aids
Also go with adaway works really good.
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I use airpush detector, it works quite well, I haven't had any apps that push without it identifying them so far.
'ad.leadboltads.net' is Malware
U Flippin Idiot said:
I had the same thing. And they are right. It is from a free app. I tried everything to get rid of it and could not even when I deleted all apps I installed. I ended up resetting to factory and reinstalling apps. No problems since.
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YIKES!,,,,I hope I don't have to go that route....
Lookout Security & Antivirus found mine in ChargeBar Free Edition,
ChargeBar came embedded in the NottachTrix 2.3.0 ROM.
I installed it (NottachTrix) and it (ChargeBar) didn't update for 3 months, then, BANG.
I've deleted ChargeBar's update, moved it from system apps to apps, deleted it, and the browser pop open 'ad.leadboltads.net' still persists.
Lookout Security & Antivirus can not find the new location of the malware, they do not have a forum.
By the very definition and behaviour, this is malware, and, ChargeBar (Asgard Casino Apps) is involved in the distribution of malware.
Asgard Casino Apps distributes 34 apps that behave this way.
They are using Google to distribute this malware, abet, that app is benign in its origin, its a pipeline, or conduit for malware.
Sneaky F##kers aren`t they.........
#1) I would like to get this crap off my phone.
#2) I need to bring this to Google's attention, and have the developer and apps banned from the Play store.
Sooo, starting with #1,,,how do I get this crap off my phone!
NOTE:
I will be linking to this post in the NottachTrix post, I'm asking the developers to to move ChargeBar from the ROM zip.
My MBAM forum post: https://forums.malwarebytes.org/inde...06#entry764184
Any solution to this?
I'm just having the same issues and none of these suggestions helped.. really dont wanna factory reset..
I am looking for a solution. At what seem like random times a pop up message "Looks like you forgot to declare the Millennial Media MMAdViewOverlayActivity in your manifest file" comes on my screen.
I have googled the error and it seems to be attributed to either Angry Birds, Barnes and Noble or ubersoft.
I dont have any such software on my phone....... In fact I dont have that much software at all on my phone.
Anybody had/solved this?
Chris
HTC Desire Z
Android 2.3.3
Vodafone UK
Where do they pop up? Are they like advertisements or something like that? If they are you can get rid of them by rooting your device and downloading an app like "AdFree Android". You can see which apps can make advertises and notifications with an app called "Lookout Ad Network Detector".
Thanks mk
They are text only in a small box across the middle of the screen. Not advertisements. More like an error message would look.
Will try ad detector app
Millenial is in 8 apps.
accuweather, saynoto0870, bbc news, windguru, soundhound, draw free, tv24.co.uk, astro
Any ideas which to delete or how to stop. Its so irritating
I don't think that Millennial causes those popups. "Applications using the Millennial ad network are capable of displaying standard in-app ads." I have never heard about those popup-like things which you have, so I'm afraid I can't help you very much. Sorry.
Just had popup 8 times whilst using BBC News app. Some pop up boxes have a slightly different message 'Looks like you forgot to declare the millennial media video player in your manifest file'
Anybody else have any ideas?
I've got the same problem with my LG Optimus black, it always appear a message with some stupid game that they suggest I install it.
Well what I've don is I unistalled different apps, that may had brought this SPAM thing in my phone. You should do the same..
Me too..
Yes, I have them too (popups about winning iPads, games) on my Samsung I9070. Tried AirPush Detector, didn't find anything unfortunately..
Don't have them often though.
Regards,
Arne
Hi,
I've noticed in the past couple of days that my screen turns on by itself for about 3 or 4 seconds.
Phone information in picture attached.
On the weekend I did an OTA update via Kies, on Wednesday I flashed This Kernel (SpeedMod S3) via Odin.
Anyone got any advice?
Thanks for your help
this usually happens when u have a certain app or a live wallpaper that does advertise on your phone ... try removing some apps that are for free but ad-supported or remove some live wallpapers and it should go away
Yeah thanks "striving-to-survive", I had noticed some notification adverts since the OTA update. I haven't added any apps. Unless its an app I updated. "AirPush Detector" used to tell me what was sending those notifications, however that detects nothing when I scan. Can anyone recommend something that does a similar job that might tell me where the notifications are coming from? I don't fancy just deleting a bunch of apps on the off chance they are the offender.
I do not think it is kernel related.
Download adfree and run it.
Also here in xda search for the app called
"Anti spy mobile free"
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I wasn't sure if it was kernel related, just wanted to give as much info as possible about what I had done recently with my phone.
I have Ad Free, but just realised I hadn't hit the "download and install hosts" button since my OTA update.
I got Anti Spy Mobile Free, after scanning that said I have no spywares, 4 suspicious apps: Contapps, Phone Backup (HChina), ooVoo & MyBackup Pro. None of which I think would be responsible.
Hopefully Ad Free will sort it out.
Thanks for your help
Same issue for me with stock fw and kernel. I have a battery brain since two days and I can see my screen on time up to 4 hours per day without using my phone.
Lowyo said:
I wasn't sure if it was kernel related, just wanted to give as much info as possible about what I had done recently with my phone.
I have Ad Free, but just realised I hadn't hit the "download and install hosts" button since my OTA update.
I got Anti Spy Mobile Free, after scanning that said I have no spywares, 4 suspicious apps: Contapps, Phone Backup (HChina), ooVoo & MyBackup Pro. None of which I think would be responsible.
Hopefully Ad Free will sort it out.
Thanks for your help
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Update your hosts then and keep an eye on it. Check for hosts daily
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I have similar issue. My phone also turns screen on by itself, but it looks like it stays on until I turn it off. This have happened about 4 times during week or two...
I have tried AirPush detector. Didn't find anything.
Anti Spy Mobile found 0 Spywares and 2 Warnings. Light Flow Lite and TrustGo Security. I have had Light Flow Lite for a long time, so I doubt it can't be it. TrustGo is quite new, but I think it's trusted app. Could it be the reason..?
AdFree is working and I don't see ads.
What should I try next?
Hi there, dumb question. The girlfriend (Sony Xperia Z3, full stock) cought something. She's getting popup ads all over the place. Small ones, fullscreen ones... but it's only within Chrome. On the desktop I'd say it's some evil addon and it looks exactly like that. But Chrome for Android doesn't do addons. It must come from some rogue app.
I can't find anything for the life of me. The phone has never been rooted so it can't be much. However, her boy sometimes does what kids do and that is download everything that looks like a game. He just does that from the Play Store and usually she kills it immediately.
I let three different killers have a look (Avast, Bitdefender and Kaspersky) and none can find anything.
There is no suspicious app to be seen anywhere.
Yet the ads keep popping up.
Any ideas?
The problem is only within chrome? No popups when using other apps?
^ Indeed. It kinda looks like lots of adware related stuff you'd find when googling the problem. But none of the solutions have worked so far.
If it wasn't so annoying and pissed off the GF so much, I'd actually say this is 'cool' in a twisted way. I even checked if it's the new kind of malware that can root Androids but nope, unrooted still.
Haha: D optimistic attitude. Have you tried does the problem go away if you uninstall and reinstall chrome? Not the most elaborate solution but maybe the simplest one.
If you can't fix it, and are desperate to fix it, you should
1. Root and download ad away
2. Uninstall completely and use another browser (Idk if this needs root considering I don't know if chrome is a system app or not)
Well, the simplest solution did it. Delete Chrome's cache, delete Chrome's data, done.
Of course now I'm intrigued HTF something that intrusive is even possible via the browser alone.
Your best bet would be wiping the phone and flashing stock firmware