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Old January 7th, 2012, 12:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I seem to have picked up malware from the Android Market.

Now periodically (two or three times a day at least) a company called prizes2win takes over my browser and makes a spurious offer of a free iPhone. On further investigation, this appears to be a £2.50 a week subscription to a raffle.

Can anyone help with the following:

1) is this to be expected on the Android Market?
2) how do I identify which application smuggled this malware onto my device?
3) how do I remove this?
4) do I have recourse to any government bodies to make sure that others are not troubled by undesirable, uninvited guests?

I am new to Android, as you may obviously gather.

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Old January 7th, 2012, 12:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Some info in this thread: List of Apps using AirPush
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Some info in this thread: List of Apps using AirPush
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Just be sure to give the guilty app a 1 star ratiing in the Market before uninstalling.
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Done just rate it poorly though, be sure to include WHY in the comments (in addition to the standard fare of phone hardware and OS version). I would also email the Dev, so it's on his/her radar.
 
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A good summarization about this kind of abvertisement hassle is in this article ...http://www.pcworld.com/article/245305/sneaky_mobile_ads_invade_android_phones.html

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Hi Mr John my I ask if you have tunee music app on your phone
I have the app and the adds are coming from it I nearly got caught today you've won an IPhone 4 but this was £4.50 per week I think quickly came out of the brower.I'm going to delete the app. Edited app now deleted but it would only let me rate two stars
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This doesn't sound like AirPush as the ad targets his browser, not his notification bar.
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This doesn't sound like AirPush as the ad targets his browser, not his notification bar.
Yes, might be something like that ... with a solution found
http://androidforums.com/android-applications/457458-start-infospace-com-has-hijacked-my-browser.html#post3820443

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