DD716TED
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I have had a Samsung Galaxy S-7 for several years now with no problems. Well that has ended.. yesterday I started receiving a popup every 10 minutes or so telling me the My S-7 is dangerously close to dying IF I don't download their app to fix it..IT IS SPAM AND I WOULD NEVER DOWNLOAD SUCH ****. But how do I stop this pop-up?
Anyone recommend a good app to scan and remove such garbage? Or am I stuck with it until I get a new phone someday?
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Lwiddis
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I wouldn’t download anything! Go to an office of your carrier. Expect to buy a new phone.
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enblethen
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Believe that is Ransomware. Your provider maybe able to remove it.
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Edd505
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Scam I'm still using and original Droid Turbo 2 2015, wifes Samsung notes the same age with no issues.
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Rover_Bill
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There are a lot of good free antivirus and anti malware apps in the Play Store. If one of those doesn't fix it then try Norton Antivirus ($$).
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Tom_M
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Worst case, you could do a factory reset. Copy stuff you want save prior to doing this because it will delete everything. Text messages will probably be the most difficult to save.
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p220sigman
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Before you do anything, if you haven't already, try clearing your browsing history, cookies, and cached items. I had something similar happen a while back and was able to resolve it that way.
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pauldub
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Try this.
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T18skyguy
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Try downloading Malwarebytes or Bitdefender. Hopefully one of the other will nail it.
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wgriswold
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I had a virus that I had apparently downloaded with an app. The Verizon store and several antivirus apps were of no help. I decided to delete the apps I had downloaded starting with any that I did not recognize. The first deletes didn't help. The second attempt was to delete any that I didn't use very often. One of those was the offender. I didn't pay enough attention to know which one.
It is worth a try to avoid a factory reset.
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