Android Phones: Why Advertising Comes Out and How to Remove it

At any given time and without prior notice, our mobile phone can start to show annoying advertising in an invasive way. These unwanted advertisements can occur in the form of pop-up windows, which in many cases come from malicious software, or an app that, without being so, takes advantage of the permissions to show too many “recommendations”

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Advertising is constantly present on our mobile. Its presence is more pronounced when we enter free applications or social networks. Exceptions like WhatsApp are still extremely rare. However, having this type of ads in apps and games, it is possible that our mobile device begins to show other types of ads invasively, which may appear in the notification bar or even as a pop-up window on our desktop.

How to remove the ads

After installing an app

If advertising has suddenly started appearing after installing an app or game. We can practically ensure that it is the cause of so much advertisement. In this case we will have two options. The first is to remove the application and forget about the problem. However, there are times when we may need such an app, even if it shows advertising in the notification bar.

In this case, when the app shows a pop-up notice in the notification bar, we will have to press and access the app options. Now, we will uncheck the “show notifications” box . In this way, it will stop sending advertising suggestions, although we will not be able to see other notifications not related to ads that the app could show.

Suddenly appears

In this case, advertising has begun to appear and we cannot determine the exact cause or attribute it to a specific app . However, there is no doubt that it is an app that is causing the problem. If it is an app in use and not malicious software, we can easily identify it and remove it if necessary.

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The most accurate solution is to start our mobile in safe mode. For this we will have to press the power button until the restart options and “Safe Mode” appear. The system will start without any third-party app, so the advertising will not appear. Now we will have to uninstall the downloaded apps , including those that have been recently updated. After removing each one, we should restart the device normally and check if the problem has disappeared.

Antivirus as an option

Another variant is that the publication is being caused by an app, which has the ability to hide itself. In this case we are dealing with something more delicate, since we could have malicious software or viruses installed on our mobile. In this case, the best option is to install some of the most popular and recognized antivirus solutions on the market. Companies like ESET, Kaspersky, McaFee or AVG . These applications update their databases daily, so it will not be difficult for them to identify and eliminate the software causing the problem.

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Ad Detector

Android developers know that advertising is very annoying. For this reason, tools have been created whose sole objective is to detect those apps that display advertising . In this sense, AppWatch. It is a tool that a tool that will help us detect which is the source of the ads that appear on the mobile.

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This free application that is available in the Play Store and will be responsible for monitoring applications and games that have been installed. The app occupies only 4.2 megabytes and requires permission to mobile storage to detect the software causing the ads.

What mobile do you have?

Many brands adjust the margin of their mobile phones with the inclusion of standard advertising on many of their devices. It generally occurs on low-cost mobiles, but luckily there is a way to avoid this advertising, as we have already seen on Xiaomi mobiles.