Help Ads on phone, they gave me an option to opt out, but...

[Nigel A]

Help, I got ads yesterday on my phone and I get them ranging from banners, to taking up the whole screen. Its on every app including the homescreen. I got a banner today that said "Opt out" beneath it, I cliked on it and it pretty much said this

"Download opt-out app or Opt out manually" for the buttons, under it said

"There are two ways to opt out of mobile recommendations: 1. Simple: just download our Android opt out app and delete it when your done 2. Advanced: opt-out manually via the website by entering your IMEI, MEID and/or ESN. This info is availble in Menu -> Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> IMEI/MEID/ESN."

Should I trust this? Are IMEI, MEID, or ESN bad htings to just giveaway? Should I download the APK?

 

[lunatic59]

Should I trust this? Are IMEI, MEID, or ESN bad htings to just giveaway? Should I download the APK?

No. Do not trust this. Those personal identifiers should never be shared and I would guess that they can't use them to identify you. It sounds like phishing.

Did you install any apps recently that might be pushing ads? I'd give addons detector a whirl to see if you have an app that's pushing these to your phone.

 

[prb888]

Hi there... Has anyone figured out how to solve this problem?

It's driving me nuts! Thanks.

 

[Dannydet]

Install an ad blocker from the play store

 

[lunatic59]

What have you done to try and determine where the ads are coming from? It's most likely an app or a utility you installed or a website you went to. Clear the cache and data for your browser and uninstall any apps that you installed around the times the ads started showing up.

 

[steiny180]

NoRoot Firewall...