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Post by markgrant on Sept 24, 2016 11:22:41 GMT
3 times in the last week while looking at this forum on my Android phone an HTC one M7 there have been new windows opened and buttons disabled on my phone by this virus/scam to prevent me from closing it. Screen grabs taken this morning when it happened again: the first event: then: then: - The back button on my phone is disabled by this, the only way out is to power down my phone and hope it has not been infected by this. I am now wary of using my phone as it is used for online banking and paypal payments and now I may have a virus because of proboards. I don't mind adverts but this is just a scam attempt as there is no way anyone will send me a free iphone 7 This needs resolving ASAP.
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Post by Clive on Sept 24, 2016 11:51:37 GMT
I've had similar here and on a couple of other forums. On Android I can close the new window the popup opens but it is a pain.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 24, 2016 12:07:14 GMT
It seems to be a browser hijacker and there's more info on it (and how to get rid of it) here or search Google with "s3 amazonaws android" for more info.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 24, 2016 12:31:21 GMT
Yes, I think it's a browser hijacker too. Do not believe that Android is impervious to viruses!
amazonaws is simply Amazon's cloud hosting service so it could be anyone using their service rather than Amazon themselves.
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Post by markgrant on Sept 25, 2016 10:17:00 GMT
Thanks for the help.
The problem is that it only ever happens on this forum which suggests to me that ProBoards are hosting it and sending it to my phone as soon as the 'recent' link is clicked on.
Clive has had this as well so it's not just me.
I just wont visit from my phone any more, our desktop PC's are secure as possible and ablocked because of crap like this, no wonder everyone blocks all the adverts these days.
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2016 10:32:29 GMT
It's not specific to this site - I've had the same thing popping up on my phone when browsing google news, and it's not with every item clicked on.
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