Any Help Getting Rid Of A Virus Please?

[humbersloop]

Some of us who use Nexus tablets are experiencing virus problems from something apparently acquired on AB

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1450154.html

I'm using Chrome as a browser and I'm not going down the revert to factory settings route. Otherwise, can anyone help getting rid of the virus please?

Many thanks

[humbersloop]

I might have sounded a bit terse there hc, not intended :

anyhoo, to add irony/insult to injury, now the flaming thing's logged me out of AB on the Nexus and won't let me log back in again, so that's that!

[humbersloop]

cross posted there ABEd, ok,

I hope the log in problem's a separate issue then

[1ozzy]

A tad more time vetting Ad's, instead of posting really interesting "polls"?

[AB Editor]

Can you possibly try sending me a screenshot of the page you're taken to HS?

We've still not been able to replicate it here.

[AB Editor]

It's not one or the other Ozzy.

Glad you've decided to contribute so positively though, thanks.

[1ozzy]

Any time ;-)

[humbersloop]

I'll have a go Ed, though I don't think it's a page as such, just a clickable next portion of the ad - if that makes sense?

[humbersloop]

nope, won't have it. It looks like another pop-up box,not a page though

[tamborine]

Same virus as on OP link today on tablet but not on iphone am using now.

[AB Editor]

Okay, thank you. What does the box say?

[humbersloop]

It says

"The page at www.mobilean-tivirus.com says:
WARNING!WHILE YOU LOOKING AT THIS PAGE.
Your phone has (13) Virus!
The Virus may comput you data.
Please follow the instructions to remove Virus
OK"

with the OK a clickable link

Does that help?

[Hypognosis]

@Ed

While you're there and Ads are on-topic, I would like to describe a thing which keeps bugging me.

On iPhone, the letters I, O and P are so close to the "Done" button that typing too fast or too clumsily and mis-hitting causes the popup keyboard to drop down. If it is a double o or a double p being typed the second tap can land on
i) the Submit button, truncating the post or
ii) The advert panel, directly underneath the submit button.

Personally, I have only ever clicked on Ads by accident; while trying to scroll the page or zoom in and select a portion of text, for instance. It's an ergonomics problem. If the Ad was on the left and the Best answer paragraph was on the right, the problem might be solved.

[Hypognosis]

@humbersloop

I just googled the phrase "the purpose of fake virus alerts" and found this, amongst other links not trying to sell anything

http://www.which.co.uk/technology/computing/guides/how-to-spot-an-online-scam/how-to-spot-a-fake-virus-alert/

[THECORBYLOON]

You may have done it by accident but the ad gets an extra hit so it MAY be the ad is placed on the right for that very reason [only a guess mind]

[tamborine]

Virus takes you to download "360 Security Antivirus free app."

[Hypognosis]

@Tambo

Why would anyone want to let you have an Antivirus app for free?

What's the catch?

[humbersloop]

^^thanks Hypo

[Hypognosis]

@Humbersloop

You're welcome.


@Tambo

I have yet to work out if iPhones really are bulletproof or if it is because their share of the worldwide mobile market is now down to 20%, so virus makers just don't think they're worth the effort?

[AB Editor]

Thanks, got that one as well as two others - I'm not 100% that they are displaying the real destination/source.

[AB Editor]

Hi Tambo, that was very useful, we just blocked a little nest of those ads too. Cheers!