Android spam

Guys_Dad

Over the last month or so I seem to get 2 or 3 spam links being sent to my Android ( I am on the Vodafone network) every day.

These appear as notifications in my notification bar and are from dating sites, battery life improvers, spurious apps, games - you name it. To remove the notification, I have to click on it and when it tries to access the internet, go back to the main screen.

I never used to get anywhere near this amount of spam and wonder if this is linked to Google's recent "customer enhancements".

Anyone else noticed an increase in this traffic and, more importantly, any solutions for stopping it?

May I add that I don't tend to use my android for much internet access, except the odd Google search for information or facts. I never go to trader sites and have only bought 1 paid app in my life.

Any help appreciated.

banger9365

I've two Androids phones both with different gmails and i do not get spam like that ,in fact i do not get any spam ,
how to stop it ? ,i am just careful where i leave my email address

DUTR

banger9365 wrote: »

I've two Androids phones both with different gmails and i do not get spam like that ,in fact i do not get any spam ,
how to stop it ? ,i am just careful where i leave my email address

Same here, in fact I never give my gmail address out, the only thing I have noticed is that the accu weather often has a pop up ad there now, where it never used to.

grumbler

I think this has nothing to do with google. Neither it does with a e-mail address as I am getting a dozen of spam e-mails to my gmail box every day.

What kind of 'notifications' is it? They are different for texts, e-mails etc. If it is texts, can you not just block the numbers?

custardy

i dont thi k the OP means emails
I think they mean spam ontifications from an installed app

MoneySavingUser

I got some of these too - some free apps have these - i.e. allcallrecorder sent me some of these from xapush.com

see:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector&feature=related_apps

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.byq.airblocker

http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-htc-thunderbolt-forums/133613-xapush-com.html

http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-droid-incredible/117933-how-successfully-uninstall-optout-xapush-ads.html

Tony5101

Wonder when a certain person is going to pop up with some Android/iPhone analogy....

bengalknights

If you receive notifications then its your app thats spamming you.

Uninstall the app thats causing it.

Guys_Dad

MoneySavingUser wrote: »

I got some of these too - some free apps have these - i.e. allcallrecorder sent me some of these from xapush.com

see:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector&feature=related_apps

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.byq.airblocker

http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-htc-thunderbolt-forums/133613-xapush-com.html

http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-droid-incredible/117933-how-successfully-uninstall-optout-xapush-ads.html

Thanks for that. I figured it was some app but the spam messages seemed to be so varied that I could not tie it into any one particular app.

grumbler - yes, they are neither emails nor texts and it is , I believe, what the others suggested - one or more rogue apps.

indesisiv

It sounds to me like you have downloaded an app that uses airpush adverts.
If you download air push detector in the market it will tell you which apps are causing the ads in your notification bar.

Guys_Dad

indesisiv wrote: »

It sounds to me like you have downloaded an app that uses airpush adverts.
If you download air push detector in the market it will tell you which apps are causing the ads in your notification bar.

Following MoneySavingUser's links, I did just that. Unfortunately, the "Preventer" rather than "Detector" apps only seem to work on rooted handsets, so I installed Addons detector and that did, indeed, highlight an app "My settings" that was identified as having air push installed.

I am surprised at that, as I have it on my other Android and have used it for 9 months without bother. Perhaps a recent upgrade may have installed the add on. But I have removed it to see if it was the culprit.

As an aside, the author of airpush detector actually recommends addons detector as being better. Honest of him.