"apk time recommend" pop-ups

[WahG]

Hi.

My android v. 5.1 keeps getting pop-up ads entitled "apk time recommend". I cannot get rid of them. I cannot even find mention of "apk time recommend" on google.

I have looked in my Apps list and have been pretty liberal at uninstalling downloaded apps. I have factory reset my phone. This seemed to stop the problem for a few days. I've installed and run several anti-virus and ad-blocker apps, all of which report my phone is fine, but have no effect on the pop-ups.

Does anyone know what this is, and more importantly, how to get rid of it? Thank you.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Do the popups only happen while browsing, or do they appear while on a homescreen or in another app as well? Can you show us a screenshot of one of the popups? http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...ide-how-post-screenshots-android-central.html

 

[WahG]

Thanks, B Diddy.
The "APK TIME RECOMMEND" pop-ups appear at random, sometimes they are there when I start up my phone, sometimes they appear in the middle of my doing something in an app. Here is a screenshot of an example pop-up:

 

[B. Diddy]

It looks like you have some adware installed on the phone, which might have accompanied some other app you installed previously. You may have to uninstall apps one by one until this goes away. See this guide as well: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...30081-guide-malware-adware-popup-removal.html