Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Spamming - Adware
If the pop-up message: "Device will Lock in 1 Day due to Samsung Hacking" shows up on your phone while you are browsing the web or using a certain app, please do not follow the instructions in it, just ignore it because it is a fake. The fake message was created by cybercriminals to frighten and trick mobile users into visiting malicious websites, downloading malicious apps, visiting phishing websites that steal personal and financial information, or visiting spam websites. If the message popups on your mobile device and prevent you from doing anything else, please press the "Home" button on your mobile device, which will take you to the Home screen. Then, use the "Recent Apps" button to close the browser window or the app that is displaying the fake message. Or, just restart your mobile device.
Android users whose mobile devices are constantly getting pop-ups, can do the following to fix the problem:
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The fake message is similar to the following:
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I got this every time I use the internet and I still do how do I god d**n stop this
The malware message described above took me to PlayStore to an app that had a title that implied it was a security app. Could you get that removed from PlayStore?
I have been infected
