Your Android Has Been Infected With A Virus Fake Messages

Fake Twitter with youtube

Shame, my phone does not have a 'privacy' or 'clear your private Data' or clear your 'browsing data'or 'browser history' nor is there access to an application manager.

Could virus have disabled these options? tried re-set phone to factory settings. Have lost photos, texts, telephone contacts but still have virus!HELP!

Why did the virus/scam appear when trying to log into Amazon.com on my wife's computer? What initiated the message, me having a credit card issue with Amazon and not being able to log in or was my wife's computer infected? Very important for our marriage. Thank you.

It seems the fake message is being distributed by online advertisements. You may have a legitimate and free app on your mobile device that is displaying the advertisements, or they are being displayed by Amazon.

Sometimes cybercriminals use legitimate online advertisers to distribute their scams.

Online advertisers try their best stop these malicious advertisements but sometimes a few may slip through.

But, once those malicious advertisements are discovered, they are taken down immediately.

I received the notification yesterday, but have not visited a p*rn site since June, 2017. Can you please confirm for my wife that I can receive this scam without having gone to a p*rn site?

She thinks I am doing again after I tiled her I had stopped. I also have K9 protection software installed. Will save our marriage. Thank you!

He is right, the message is a fake created by cybercriminals or thieves to trick and frighten mobile owners into visiting fake, phishing malicious, and fraudulent websites.

Thousands of people around are being tricked by the same fake message.

I have been told I have 6 viruses please help
Me.

That is not true, it is a fake. Just ignore the message.

It only happens on my wife's Blackberry Priv Android when she is on Facebook. Is there a fix? I have the same phone and don't have the issue because I don't use FB.

I'm getting a message that I have 2 virus on my phone and trying to follow the above instruction,but I don't have a privacy setting on my Moto G 4 phone. Now what?

Which browser are you using?

has happened now?

I put in my phone number when asked but didn't finish the full information they wanted.

They will contact you and attempt to scam you, so just be careful going forward.

I had a message this morning n my android with very similar message to above. It said:

"Moto G5 is infected and immediate action is required!

Do not close this window!
**Exit at your own risk**"

as it happened my battery was very low, so could not do anything much on it. I switched it off and left on charge.

Unlike the above it did not invite me to follow any instructions to fix it. ( Unless I missed something).

I thought straight away this is some sort of scam, because I use Kaspersky protection on it, the Premium version. I wanted to take a screen shot before I turned it off, but the method to do so I find fiddly and could not make it work, or I would send a screen shot to kaspersky.

I did a quick scan and a full scan, and it said my phone was protected. Naturally I wondered could it have missed something? Hence I am looking for information now from my PC.

The window is a Bitcoin miner that uses your phone to mine Bitcoins. This process uses a a lot of your phones resources or processing power which drains your battery.

But, the cyber criminals responsible for this Bitcoin miner scam earn money at the expense of their victims.

Do not leave the window open, close it.

hxxp://my-sho-p-applicatio-and-2016-group.site says:

"WARNING

Samsung Galaxy S5 minI is infected and immediate action is required!

Continue with instructions to fix Samsung Galaxy 5 mini

Do not close this window!
**Exit at your own risk**"

I sent an email about 10 mins ago explaining I put in on air-plane mode but this still popped up!

I tried the above remedy about putting my phone in air-plane mode but the popup came on immediately telling me I have 2 viruses

I am so grateful I found this site! I was told I had viruses from and adult site, never been to one. It wouldn't let me back out of the browser, I hit back several times, finally closed it. Still scared me, not the first time I had seen this pop-up, but a whole lot harder to get rid of this time.
THANK YOU!!

if you fell for the scam what can you do to rid yourself of any damage

Just be careful going forward because the scammers will contact you and attempt to scam you.

Hi,

I have just got a virus pop up message on my HuaweI Honor 9, (looks the same as the one someone mentioned above)

It told me that 28% of my hard drive and SIM card were infected by four (4) viruses from adult sites I'd visited. I have never gone to an adult website, so I'm assuming it was fake, but it was very scary and looked real.

The pop up told me to install APP from Google Play Store immediately and not to close my browser. I did not touch the "ok" in the bottom right of the white box om my screen.

I'm assuming it's fake but can't find anything online to confirm this. Also I haven't installed McAfee on the phone yet so can't scan the phone. I'm not sure how to get rid of it, any suggestions ? Thanks

HI from Massachusetts in the United States! Wo, this message gets around! I just got the exact same msg that you described above! I also have never visited an adult site so assumed it was fake, I too did not touch the OK button on the screen, I just backed out of it. Can I ask you, how did you end up getting rid of this?

The, you made me feel so much better!

It is fake. Just close your browser window. Or, if you are unable to close the window, just restart your mobile device.

And, do not installed the app you were instructed to install.

Thank you,

It popped up when I opened an article on facebook and I haven't touch anything yet as assumed it was fake. Is it possible the pop up has come from facebook i.e. is it possible my facebook is compromised ? I am going to close facebook on my phone and change my password (via my laptop) and then update facebook as there is a new version available. Is there anything else you would suggest ?

No, Facebook has not been compromised so there is no need to change your password. Just do not follow the instructions in the fake popup message.

It seems the popup came from a malicious advertisement on the article page. If this is the case you are OK.

Thanks,

I didn't follow the instructions in the fake popup message, I used the back button to come out of the screen and out of facebook but something started to download so I cancelled it straight away.

I did change my password and updated facebook as it can't hurt, however every time I open an article on facebook I get this virus warning popping up now.

Have you heard of this ? Any suggestions as to how to stop this from happening ?

You may have a malicious app on your phone. Since you do not know which app is malicious, try removing the Facebook app and all other apps. Then reinstall the Facebooks and other apps that are useful to you.

I'll give that a try, thanks for your help.

I got a fake virus pop up that looked exactly like the standard Samsung Note 8 pop up windows that are real.

It told me that 28% of my hard drive and SIM card were infected by four (4) viruses from adult sites I'd visited. I have never gone to an adult website, so I'm assuming it was fake. I have antivirus protection on my phone, but it was very scary and looked real.

The pop up told me to install APP from Google Play Store immediately and not to close my browser. I did not touch the "ok" in the bottom right of the white box om my screen & just closed all windows.

I ran McAfee and nothing showed up. I did find a suspect file when I ran an app for trojan viruses. So heads up, the hackers are making these look exactly like the real Samsung windows that prompt you to press "ok".

Thank you for this article, very useful and easy to find thanks to the headline which shows on the pop-up. How very smart of you ;)

Thank you for the information.

This was helpful but since the spam directs one to install things from Google Play, like DFNDR and Boost (?)

In my opinion, those apps are fake also.

I constantly hound these companies with bad reviews, and quite a few have responded with a typical 'those ads were not placed by us' and the obligatory 'we are sorry for your bad expeience'.

No one advertises for their competition, so I find it hard to believe that the ads are not from the app companies.

One way to tell the bad ones is to look at the permissions required for the download.

The more invasive the permissions, the more chance for abuse.

Look around the PlayStore at various 'cleaner' and 'anti-virus'
apps' reviews.

Many of them have one from me, if I have come across it from one of these scare-tactic ads.

Personally, I use CCleaner for cleaning, and I will occasionally scan for viruses with random well known anti-virus apps. No viruses have ever been detected, and I browse all over the internet.

Kasperskey, Malwarebytes, Zemana, and one built in to my device called LookOut are the ones that I tolerate, although I uninstall after a short while to save space.

I like to alternate.

LookOut has the capability of scanning apps and such for known malware before it gets installed.

It did warn me a couple of times, but the warnings were vague.

I followed them anyway, just in case.

I have just had a message on my Samsung from a place called hxxp://uk.orionpron.com saying I have 3 mins to install something on my phone or I will everything. is this spam or is it legit?

Oh man! Here is another scam:
"Your phone will also self-destruct in 5 minutes and burst into flames!!! Quick!!! NOOOOOOOO!!! LMAO!"

It is spam. I use to get those all the time on my old phone.

It is a scam.

On my android device these "you-have-virus-on-your-phone-blablabla..." pop-ups always pretend to come from Google.

My phone showed something like the message above and also was vibrating. Thanks so much for the solution. I turned off my phone, restarted, and then put my phone into airplane mode, and then I made these adjustments. Thanks for your help!

Sir same problem but when msg popup; my phone gets long vibration; still I don't switch off phone .. plz tell me solution.

I ran into this it said I had 6 viruses when I was on Facebook the other day. Have you heard of anyone having the pop-up come up on their Facebook page. And your information was very helpful thank you very much. Angela M.

Yes. It seems that your Facebook account has been compromised. Change your Facebook password and click here for information on how to remove malicious Facebook app from your account.

Also, scam your computer for viruses using the anitvirus software installed on it.

I cannot find privacy setting on my android.

I would like a way to stop this from happening period. People should be able to browse and stream video on the net without bs like this happening.

Thank you. The info was very helpful

Fake and spam app causes mobile blast.

This did the trick and got rid of it. Thank you so much!

Excellent reply for my question..now the doubt cleared..thank you.