Scammers caught playing hidden video ads and draining smartphone batteries

22 March 2019
While ads showed a standard banner, a script was playing multiple videos in the background.

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wewew, 23 Mar 2019damnnn I shall factory reset my phone now lol

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    Baykko, 23 Mar 2019This is not a virus, the article says that some advertiseme... moreThis as I see it is not a user resolved issue but a serious serious Google issue

    These ads are supposedly checked by Google and Google charges a fee to the initial ad owner
    How can this have gone on so long with so many monthly security check

      wewew, 23 Mar 2019damnnn I shall factory reset my phone now This is not a virus, the article says that some advertisement companies use shady code to play multiple ads on your phone when you-re only seeing one. If you have some of those apps that will play ads every few minute you are using it, then simply uninstall those, or better yet, do nothing unless you think there is an actual issue with your phone.

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        damnnn I shall factory reset my phone now

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          Welcome to the world of Android!

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            NoWay, 23 Mar 2019In reality this article doesn't provide any useful information. in reality it does give useful information

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              In reality this article doesn't provide any useful information.