Virus pop-up on Android mobile/desktop SHH!

[enterthemadness]

I know you love me Hype, but why you trying to give me virus on phone?!


Seriously, a message appears after about a minute on the SHH! desktop/mobile version. A message from SHH Forums saying my Android is affected and to hit ok to clean. I hit cancel and one time it reappeared saying something else. ALTHOUGH...I did notice a ad banner on the bottom of the forum on Android....saying Virus something.


Look into it, please.

 

[KevanG]

Since I'm constantly loading new stuff on my phone from my laptop I run a virus scan on it every few weeks. Might be something there.

 

[Teelie]

It sounds like some sketchy advertisement trying to scare you into buying their antivirus even though there is no virus. That kind of scam has been going around for as long as there have been antivirus programs.

I don't know the particulars of Android scams though I know they exist.

 

[Arach Knight]

Just install Avast for Android. Works similar to the desktop version and even stores your phone content to the cloud via Google Drive. It will backup your photos, contacts, apps, videos and other content. From there, be careful about sideloading apks and be careful about what you click on while browsing.