Spam in notification area?

jk175d

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I've started having these little spam items occasionally popping up in the notification bar. Always accompanied by the red star icon. Any idea where this is coming from or how to block or get rid of it? I Don't see anything suspicious in the list of running apps/services.

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Install an app called app brain ad detector

And then it will scan your phone so you will know which app is causing it

Then you can decide whether or no to uninstall it or just disable it's notifications using the settings in your app manager

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Thanks, this app discovered the culprit. It was highlighted under "push notifications". Definitely don't want an app the engages in that BS.

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You can generally find out what app is sending a notification by long-pressing the notification itself, then tapping the App info button that pops up.