Problem with hornyworm.apk and pop-up ads on my android?

[ryan mcgovern]

Galaxys5

I keep getting pop ups saying I have the horny.adk virus I followed the instructions but I keep still getting the pop up what should I do, should I restore it?

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I have an htc one and recently i have been receiving ads from this hornyworm.apk site and I've been receiving pop-up ads on my home screen. I think it is an ad for an antivirus that cost money. Whenever i open snapchat and other apps, that is when the ads and hornyworm ad pop up. I have deleted snapchat (and reinstalled it) and several new apps i downloaded. I have also installed several antivirus apps but they have not done anything to solve the problem. I am taking any suggestions to solve this problem because it is very annoying.

Thanks in advance.

 

[kingo345]

I have an htc one and recently i have been receiving ads from this hornyworm.apk site and I've been receiving pop-up ads on my home screen. I think it is an ad for an antivirus that cost money. Whenever i open snapchat and other apps, that is when the ads and hornyworm ad pop up. I have deleted snapchat (and reinstalled it) and several new apps i downloaded. I have also installed several antivirus apps but they have not done anything to solve the problem. I am taking any suggestions to solve this problem because it is very annoying.

Thanks in advance.

 

[jmagid51]

It's probably associated with one of the apps you have downloaded. It's not a virus so the anti virus software you are using won't pick it up.

Try clearing cache and data in the apps you have recently installed. All else fails do a factory reset.

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[Shannon Loyd]

Re: Galaxys5

Clear you cookies I had a hijacker .. I had the Seth Avazu tracking hijacker on my phone..yes on my phone.. the farthest he could get was to my cookies but that's far enough I thought it was an app for so long so I got rid of so many apps. Cleaned my cookies and it disappeared freakin jerk why don't they have anything better to do ? this is a hijacker that is normally on computers look it up.. below are his links..

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[jmagid51]

Re: Galaxys5

You should clean the cookies as well as your history files on a regular basis. I do it at least once a week.


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[Shannon Loyd]

Re: Galaxys5

Good idea.. I know..I just have so much I go back to in history..I'm lazy I need to bookmark more so I don't need to depend on my history so much.. =)

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[chochio]

What I did if it was an app when it pops up open the recents tab and hold the
one that's most recent. Then it will show options. Click app info. From there uninstall it

I did this on a nexus 7 2012 running paranoid android.

Either way it should work on every device

 

[Dennis Harris3]

Its from downloaded pirated apps just remove app that it started with

 

[Brandon Case]

I have seen this before. It is usually an advertisement that you get on Ad.fly telling you to download an app to get rid of the "Hornyworm.apk". If your not root, applications can't install other applications behind your back.

 

[virus scanning machine]

actually u just say that the ad say your device need to be rooted. nah rooting can cause a serious problem pros: you can delete system file,run few app that modify something like game and the negative side is your system cold be broken and there wil be some problem like bootloop and etc. if you root your phone but you not install super user app/busybox you cant use the root function soif you install su app and your device rooted be aware because it can modify your system. thx for reading

 

[virus scanning machine]

i clean my history more than 10 time a day. because im internet crazy man ans i dont want the history get filled bec it make me wanna delete it again and again just like my email it has more than 3000 message

 

[virus scanning machine]

a funny name of virus ( droidkungfu)