I think I'm being hacked

[Danny Melvin]

I recently discovered that there is a calendar on my smartphone that belongs to someone (or someBOT) called pandong4545 AT hotmail Dot Com. I had been getting some updates during the summer on my Ashion browser (in case there's a connection somehow) in Far Eastern script, and no one in my family is of Asian descent.

I looked the address up, and it seems to be a more of an Android problem than a Samsung one. I've been told on the Samsung forum to just back up everything and go back to factory settings, which I have every intention of doing, but I was hoping for a less cumbersome solution to this problem (I used Lookout and that didn't detect it).

Has this happened to anyone else? If it did, what did you do? Thanks

 

[Almeuit]

Never seen it before.

 

[SpookDroid]

Check your accounts. Is there a Hotmail account active there? In the calendar, what about in 'Calendars to Show'? Does it show as a separate calendar? It could have been that either the account got added to your phone or you or someone who used your account/phone could have clicked on a link to subscribe to a 3rd party, shared calendar...which would make you see their schedule in your account.

 

[pkcable]

Where did the phone come from? Is it a used phone you obtained from the after market? Did you wipe it when you first got it? What is the Ashion Browser? When I google it, I get articles about the Samsung Browser, BUT none of them SAY that the Samsung Browser IS Ashion Browser, although it may be. Additionally when I fired up the Samsung Browser on my S8 it did not say it was Ashion. Is this it's internal name or something like "Mozilla" is to Firefox?

Anyways yes I think a factory reset IS in order here.

 

[Steph6n]

saw this on the Samsung Members forum as well. I have the same issue, minus the "updates". No problem seems to be coming from it though

 

[mustang7757]

saw this on the Samsung Members forum as well. I have the same issue, minus the "updates". No problem seems to be coming from it though

Hi, you know this a 3 year old thread ?

 

[Steph6n]

Hi, you know this a 3 year old thread ?

Hmm I seriously doubt that as the last dated post was made Sept 25 2017 and today is Oct 20, 2020 which makes it 3 years and 25 days old not 3 years.

 

[mustang7757]

Hmm I seriously doubt that as the last dated post was made Sept 25 2017 and today is Oct 20, 2020 which makes it 3 years and 25 days old not 3 years.

I see your getting the point
Well since most of the people in this thread won't be responding, let's talk !

What device you have ?

 

[B. Diddy]

Make sure it isn't this issue: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829615/google-calendar-spam-events-sharing-email-how-to-stop