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Silver Gaia

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2. Did you download the "free thing" it offered? If so, I would delete it immediately.

Reply to furtheradu (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 04:46 PM

Jun 2017

Don't open it if you haven't already. I get these things sometimes. They want you to download their "free thing" because THAT is the malware or whatever. If you can't get the alarming "permanently destroy" pop-up window to close, just shut off your phone. It will be gone when you come back. Never download anything from one of those pop-ups. Do you have any kind of (real) security software on your phone? If so, run that.

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I clicked on link, & my phone alerted "4 virus" furtheradu Jun 2017 #1

Did you download the "free thing" it offered? If so, I would delete it immediately. Silver Gaia Jun 2017 #2

Thank You so much! furtheradu Jun 2017 #3

Yeah, I would remove that app. It sounds pretty wonky. Silver Gaia Jun 2017 #6

Weird & wonky is GONE!!! furtheradu Jun 2017 #7

No problem! Glad I could help. Silver Gaia Jun 2017 #9

So sorry that happened to you. I would be clueless for a solution. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #4

Silver Gaia💖 helped! furtheradu Jun 2017 #5

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