Hello Everyone,
I have a Nord 100 Android running Android 11. I believe I’ve got a virus or malware and none of the anti virus programs are detecting anything.
What is happening is that randomly no matter what app I’m using a web page will open up. They always display some form of advertising. Nothing that stops me from using the phone, but it’s getting annoying having random pages open up 20 times a day.
Anyone have any idea what’s causing this and how I get rid of it? My last resort is to reset they phone, but that’s always as pain.
I’d try, running malwarebytes, as my default tool.
It also may be a browser based imbedded attack, so go into the settings and clear all the local data in your browser app, which will clear saved passwords and favorite sites as well, but sometimes works.
And as stated earlier, remove any app(s) you’ve recently added - because if they’re the cause, it’ll just keep coming back from them.
Factory reset. I know it’s a pain, but nuking from orbit is the only way to be sure. If you have visible malware you very well might have invisible malware.
Now, the last time I got a new phone it very helpfully installed all my apps from the previous one. You’re gonna want to make sure it doesn’t do that or you’re back to square one.
Thanks for the replies. I’ve run all the suggested av software but no luck. Malwarebytes found nothing but you seen pages popped up while it was scanning.
If you have a new enough android, check the “Display over other apps” permission, and remove it or uninstall all of those apps. That will help if it’s just a rogue app, and not something that’s actually corrupted the OS.
