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Old July 19th, 2012, 04:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Angry Weird "Shurtcuts" appears on my phone!
My phone was running really FAST but after "Something" start acting like STUPID phone ans really SLOW!

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Weird Shortcuts appears on my home screen, "Market and Bingo" and others, they are not installed on the PHONE because I checked the apps! and If I access on it, goes to WEBSITES!! (Not APPs)

Please let me know how to clean this crap! I don't want to wipe my phone or start-crash,

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Old July 21st, 2012, 04:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Sounds like you got some malware installed on your device. I guess I would look into an antivirus or something.
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Old August 1st, 2012, 05:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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The same thing happened to me after installing a free game app from the Play store. I downloaded AirPush Detector which tells you which app is "misbehaving." Although even after uninstalling it and scanning with an antivirus, I was still having those shortcuts appear on my home screen, so I was forced to do a factory restore regardless.

Hopefully you have better luck cleaning your phone.
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It's aggressive advertising, pushed by ad networks like AirPush and caused by a recently installed or updateted app on your phone.

This thread will help you to catch the culprit app ...

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Go into Google play and settings turn off auto widget for everyapp u download will get out on home screen
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Go into Google play and settings turn off auto widget for everyapp u download will get out on home screen
This does not stop apps that use push advertising to install Internet shortcuts to your home screen. It merely stops apps from installing shortcuts to themselves or widgets upon installation.
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I moved this to the Samsung Galaxy S3 section.
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