Merry Christmas Virus Icon!

[Saraein]

Hi

On my homescreen today I noticed a small icon with the words "Merry Christmas" on it. I believe it was a picture of santa claus.

I clicked on it and it disappeared.

Wondering if anyone else has had this happen and what it actually is.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Digital Controller]

I have no idea what this is, are you sure you don't have an app somewhere that just sent out a greeting like that? I have heard of apps doing that, of course, this greeting does nothing and like you said, merely swiped away into nothingness.

 

[Saraein]

I thought when I clicked on the icon, it would bring up the app that sent it, but when nothing happened I got curious to what it actually was.

 

[Digital Controller]

I thought when I clicked on the icon, it would bring up the app that sent it, but when nothing happened I got curious to what it actually was.

Yeah that is completely understandable but what i said is probably what it ended up to be, just a greeting from an app that when clicked does nothing, nothing really surprising though, i know a few apps that do that.

 

[Saraein]

Well I guess I'll just leave it at that then. No need to get worried I suppose.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Mikestony]

Your phone is now infected with jolly good cheer from Santa Claus himself
Nah, really, that is the first I heard of something like that, and like DC said, could be an app doing that so don't worry about it if nothing is acting wonky atm

 

[Hadron]

If you get other unexplained things, try installing Addons Detector and scanning your phone for apps using Push notifications/advertising.

Though as you'd imagine, push ads tend to be less obscure than that