Help How do I get rid of home screen popup ads?

Bawseee · Aug 13, 2016

Hey guys,

I've just gotten a S7 Edge about a week ago and all is well for the most part, but yesterday I started getting some really unpleasant popup ads on my home screen and I can't get rid of them. I've tried uninstalling the majority of the apps that I may think the adware may be associated with to no avail.

Anyone have any tips other than factory resetting your phone to get rid of this? They seem to just appear on the home screen at random, covering the screen in full, or when I open Facebook.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Bg260 · Aug 13, 2016

Malwarebytes

Bawseee · Aug 13, 2016

Malwarebytes doesn't work, nor does any anti spyware/antivirus. It goes undetected.

Dannydet · Aug 13, 2016

Any recent apps may be causing this. Uninstall one by one and check if the problem persists

AZgl1500 · Aug 13, 2016

I once had a screen overlay that would pop up randomly...

it happened because I accidentally clicked on one of the advert links at the bottom of an app I was trying out...
the overlay installed itself in a system partition, and the only remedy for my phone was FDR...

AZgl1500 · Aug 13, 2016

take a read on this link, and see if you don't get some ideas about turning off the offending app.
Settings/app mgr/applications/

use the 3 dot menu,
select 'overlays' and turn off everything period....

see if that fixes your problem. if it does, turn them on one at a time, when you find the bad app, delete it.

* How to fix "Screen overlay detected" error - AndroidPIT

Phalon4 · Aug 13, 2016

Go into your Google settings on your device and look for connected apps. There you may find the culprit on what apps are making the pop ups and just remove them or disable them.

Bg260 · Aug 13, 2016

This is another tick ✅ in the Pro column for rooting. They are trying hard to take the ability away from us. Make us have to live with this crap on a daily basis. I'd rather take a short leap off a tall bridge. Thank you. Or is it vice versa.
The first thing I notice when I use somebody else's device.... ads! If I pay $800 dollars for something, warrantee be damned, I'm going to make it mine.
I apologize for ranting, but I am passionate about such things.

PyroSporker · Aug 14, 2016

Check out this thread and the linked thread I posted there (uninstall "Premium Wallpapers HD").
Also see the final post, there is a list of 4 or 5 possibly offensive applications.

Nyjai Hanson · May 18, 2019

You may need to uninstall a few apps that are cause it to happen let's say for example you have an app called "Duolingo" After you finished a lesson you noticed an ad, That's you either have apps that cause ads on their. Use google settings and find the culprit apps and delete them.

dontpanicbobby · May 18, 2019

Factory reset. You've probably bought a new phone since then but Factory reset is our other friend.

dontpanicbobby · May 18, 2019

It wasn't an Amazon phone was it?

steiny180 · May 18, 2019

The free NoRoot Firewall app can block sites on a url and / or IP address basis. Wildcard matching is also supported. I use the heck out of this great little app.

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