all of a sudden, i started getting these pop ups ads within google chrome, and new ad banners are popping up on websites that don't have ads. at the bottom of the ads, it says 'ads by cloudscout' which i found out to be malware.
but i don't know how to remove it! i've tried AVG, bitdefender, and malwarebytes, and they all scan my phone and say it's clean.
any ideas on how to get rid of it, aside from wiping my phone?
i'm using a sony xperia z3 with android 4.4.4
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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
I ran both Avast and Malwarebytes separately (delete one and install the other) and both detected nothing malicious.
Ran Airpush Detector and Ad Detect plugin, no helpful results.
This happened after downloading Wechat and some automatic updates of a few apps. I have since deleted Wechat, but the problem persists. The few apps that were automatically updated at that time were: Facebook, Foxit,Gmail, Google Drive,Google+,Kik,Maps,FB messenger,Twitter,Whatsapp Messenger, Twidere,Swiftkey keyboard, Mini Warriors. I have not tried deleting them yet, but it seems to me that they are pretty legit apps.
Some examples of the adware in action:
Taking over my lockscreen with this annoying blue lockscreen:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-06-41-01.png
Occasionally the adware's lockscreen will contain ads:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-06-46-46.png
Pop up ad:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-17-12-45.png
I've also noticed that the pop up ad would occasionally be opened from the default Android web browser, as the web browser will be opened with an "about:blank" page with the pop up ad in front. A browser hijack as well ? :crying:
I am trying to avoid resetting the phone, hopefully there are possible ways to troubleshoot this adware
Phone: INO 3
Android version: Android Lollipop 5.1
Root status: Not Rooted
DrilloBan said:
I ran both Avast and Malwarebytes separately (delete one and install the other) and both detected nothing malicious.
Ran Airpush Detector and Ad Detect plugin, no helpful results.
This happened after downloading Wechat and some automatic updates of a few apps. I have since deleted Wechat, but the problem persists. The few apps that were automatically updated at that time were: Facebook, Foxit,Gmail, Google Drive,Google+,Kik,Maps,FB messenger,Twitter,Whatsapp Messenger, Twidere,Swiftkey keyboard, Mini Warriors. I have not tried deleting them yet, but it seems to me that they are pretty legit apps.
Some examples of the adware in action:
Taking over my lockscreen with this annoying blue lockscreen:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-06-41-01.png
Occasionally the adware's lockscreen will contain ads:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-06-46-46.png
Pop up ad:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-17-12-45.png
I've also noticed that the pop up ad would occasionally be opened from the default Android web browser, as the web browser will be opened with an "about:blank" page with the pop up ad in front. A browser hijack as well ? :crying:
I am trying to avoid resetting the phone, hopefully there are possible ways to troubleshoot this adware
Phone: INO 3
Android version: Android Lollipop 5.1
Root status: Not Rooted
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Try the app Addons detector, find the apps that are causing the ads to popup on your phone, then remove those apps.
Mufrad said:
Try the app Addons detector, find the apps that are causing the ads to popup on your phone, then remove those apps.
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Apparently this particular adware only targets INO, how did this even occur ?
Found solution from here: yampblog.blogspot.sg/2016/03/solved-ino3-android-smartphone-suddenly.html
The adware masqueraded itself as a core system app and also in another apk. Geez.
DrilloBan said:
Apparently this particular adware only targets INO, how did this even occur ?
Found solution from here: yampblog.blogspot.sg/2016/03/solved-ino3-android-smartphone-suddenly.html
The adware masqueraded itself as a core system app and also in another apk. Geez.
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Good to know that you found a solution and have fixed your problem.
DrilloBan said:
I ran both Avast and Malwarebytes separately (delete one and install the other) and both detected nothing malicious.
Ran Airpush Detector and Ad Detect plugin, no helpful results.
This happened after downloading Wechat and some automatic updates of a few apps. I have since deleted Wechat, but the problem persists. The few apps that were automatically updated at that time were: Facebook, Foxit,Gmail, Google Drive,Google+,Kik,Maps,FB messenger,Twitter,Whatsapp Messenger, Twidere,Swiftkey keyboard, Mini Warriors. I have not tried deleting them yet, but it seems to me that they are pretty legit apps.
Some examples of the adware in action:
Taking over my lockscreen with this annoying blue lockscreen:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-06-41-01.png
Occasionally the adware's lockscreen will contain ads:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-06-46-46.png
Pop up ad:
i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/ravenoz_bucket/Screenshot_2016-04-11-17-12-45.png
I've also noticed that the pop up ad would occasionally be opened from the default Android web browser, as the web browser will be opened with an "about:blank" page with the pop up ad in front. A browser hijack as well ? :crying:
I am trying to avoid resetting the phone, hopefully there are possible ways to troubleshoot this adware
Phone: INO 3
Android version: Android Lollipop 5.1
Root status: Not Rooted
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Interesting how you're seeing this. It looks eerily familiar to something I found after downloading the Flash Keyboard app. After downloading, and only while charging, the phone will show a second lock screen often with ads (for apps from the same company). Even more annoying, is that the app grants itself admin rights - so the only way to uninstall is to visit the admin section in settings before you can remove. Anyone else seeing issues like this for other apps?
Okay, first of all, I'm new to here, still.
I have a very huge problem. For some reason, my phone is blocking ads, without even having anything that would be able to block ads.
How can I fix this so the ads are visible again? I need to fix this because some websites do not show any images or not allow me to do anything as long as my phone keeps blocking ads in the internet.
Oh also, for some reason all of the internet apps (stock, Chrome, Puffin, etc.) in my android phone blocks ads without anything, but my phone cannot block ads from other programs or games.
Sometimes when an app finishes updating my browser (Via Browser) opens and loads a page that is advertising apps. First it was Appsquare, now it's some other website I forgot to remember. I have NO idea what the cause is and I didn't install any strange apps to my knowledge. I never installed any APK that I downloaded outside the Play Store and both Malwarebytes Antimalware and Eset found nothing. This doesn't always happen when I update an app so there's no set pattern. Smetimes it doesn't happen after updating one or more apps and sometimes it does and that is why I can't really figure out which app is causing it, if it is an app at all because there are no ads displaying in either app I use because I paid to get rid of it. Yes, I did some research and it seems to be an issue mainly affecting Samsung users and one site in particular did some research and found out it was a shady ad network behind it: Clickity. My symptoms do match but I have an LG device, not a Samsung device and I use a different browser. I have used a few of Cheetah Mobile's apps in the past but I'm sure I deleted all traces of it on my phone, at least the things I could find. And I haven't used a single app from those devs anymore since I did a factory reset on my phone and updated to Android 8 so there shouldn't be a trace left. I need help fixing this because I have no idea where to look.
EDIT: It turned out to be my clock widget app "Digital Clock Widget Xperia" made by Lazar Dimitrov that was causing those ads to pop up, despite paying to remove ads.
Hi guys got a poco f1 running miui 10.2.3.0. I keep getting full screen adverts that pop while the phone is on home screen and Facebook and camera (even whilst recording) amongst other odd situations. Sometimes i unlock my phone to find a full screen advert has popped up. If i press the square button to see open/running apps when it pops up you can see the ad pop up is running in chrome. I am aware that xiaomi puts adverts on their phones but until recently i never had these kind of ads that are so intrusive and trying all the usual ways to get rid of the ads (changing region, turning of recommendations on apps and settings) has not seemed to work. I even downloaded an ad block app but still no luck. Its annoying because their the only ads that annoy me and have ruined a good few videos already. Please someone help me get these adverts to go away.
Check if you have installed any new app recently because pocophone miui does not have ads like other xiaomi miui.
Find the culprit app and uninstall it immediately.
You probably have a scam app installed or some sort of virus
Try a virus scan + delete the malicious app
If this doesn't work try with a fresh install of the latest Global (remember to backup first) or some adblocking app like Blokada