{"id":9845,"date":"2023-11-14T22:12:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2023\/11\/14\/app-ad-network-malware\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:12:20","slug":"app-ad-network-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2023\/11\/14\/app-ad-network-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"App ad network malware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My home router’s security feature blocked some things when I was web browsing in increasing frequency. It got really bad. The AP and NBC News both experienced redirects to a page spoofing my ISP asking personal questions to give me a smartphone in the same hour. Obviously fake. Obviously a scam. Maybe phishing. These were uncaught by the security software. But, I could not get to anything on my phone that involved web-browsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I decided the behavior started some days prior with an app I installed to help me remember medications. I uninstalled it. The phone returned to normal usage. So, hope I fixed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, I left a 1 star review. But others have rated it highly, so it still has a 4.5 rating. The developer replied I should buy premium. Yeah, no way would I give money to malicious adware. Anything putting scams onto my device is not someone I can support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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