Kenshin180
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Hi. So I was browsing Reddit on my Samsung Note 4 and after opening a web url, was redirected to a spammy site with those warnings about cleaning your phone with an "agree now" prompt. I closed the browser manually through task manager because there was no way to back out of it.
As far as I'm aware, nothing was installed. I didn't tap on any prompts. I have "Allow installation of applications from both trusted & unknown sources" shut off as well.
After that, I lost internet connectivity on my phone briefly. Clearing out Chrome cache & flicking wireless off/on resolved it.
Today, I needed to reset my PW on Gamestop. After opening the reset link in my email, my Chrome browser gave me an untrusted security certificate warning. I tried on IE and also get a warning about certificate/possible redirect.
I don't have any other issues. Not getting any popups, not seeing any redirects and nothing else strange occurring. I've been browsing the web on both IE & Chrome and nothing else is popping up.
I did the following:
Any thoughts on what else I can do / test? Thanks so much for any input!
As far as I'm aware, nothing was installed. I didn't tap on any prompts. I have "Allow installation of applications from both trusted & unknown sources" shut off as well.
After that, I lost internet connectivity on my phone briefly. Clearing out Chrome cache & flicking wireless off/on resolved it.
Today, I needed to reset my PW on Gamestop. After opening the reset link in my email, my Chrome browser gave me an untrusted security certificate warning. I tried on IE and also get a warning about certificate/possible redirect.
I don't have any other issues. Not getting any popups, not seeing any redirects and nothing else strange occurring. I've been browsing the web on both IE & Chrome and nothing else is popping up.
I did the following:
- Went into App Info, Force stopped all browsers, cleared their data/cache & uninstalled all updates so they were factory.
- Installed & scanned with 4 or 5 different anti-viruses. Didn't find anything.
- Tried with both wireless on and off using mobile network.
Any thoughts on what else I can do / test? Thanks so much for any input!
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