Past week or so, whilst surfing on my mobile, i get pop-up ads re mobogenie about 2x a day. Gives option to download or cancel - i always cancel. Tried to find a way to stop the pop-up but couldnt.

Then last nite, mobogenie just downloaded itself without any notice and definitely no permission from me. The DL was so fast i could not stop it.

However, i went immediately to the "downloads" folder and deleted it.

I have googled it but there's not much on it - its an apk file, android manager. 1 site states that it is a scam.

Some sites lauds it as some great app but I detest that it DL itself without consent and am suspicious of those "reviews".

Q:

1. Anyone else encountered this?

2. Is it malware?

3. Have i eradicated it effectively? If not yet, how do i do it?

Tks

Yep, that's the one.

Btw, the "review/comment" by Skanda Kumar there expresses my disgust with its sneaky self-download.

Even if it us not malware, wtf does it self-download? Like my mobile being raped!!

After it downloaded, a pop-up asked to verify n install.

Of course i didnt, went to download folder and deleted it.

Is that the end of it?? I hope i have killed it for good.

I am curious how it manages to self-download? Is it Google?

I hate google+, can i unistall it without any repercussions?

Andrew_1980 Andy Allen

tq for the information.

Well, at my end, the news just gets better.

Last night mofogenie tried to DL itself again. So obviously my earlier action of deleting the DL file does not kill it.

This morning, when i sent a watsapp message, an advert was attached to the message. No indication of it whilst i was keying in the message. Only saw it when after it was sent and recipient replied to me.

So i've had to voice call every party who messaged me in fear of spreading some malware if i replied online.

I seldom tether my mobile to my pc but having read Andy's experience, i recall that i did once over the past 2 weeks. I use firefox with adblock. Praying very hard that my pc has not been infected.

Just for info, i have not DL any new games in the relevant period but did DL a mp3 downloader app and 2 financial services app (both rated v well) - 1 of which has been used by a friend fir some time without any issue at all.

May i know the name of the Google ADB program file that mofogenie uses? Can i delete it safely?

If i factory reset my mobile, will all issues with mofogenie n unwanted ads be resolved?

Tks

Btw, just completeness, i do not click on adverts either.nor do i frequent any iffy websites.

Just that while searching info on mofogenie, i did go to crappy websites that promote it.

The reviews and star rating for MOFOgenie in playstore are mostly fake - done in return for some dubious reward. I hope that those who gave given such fake reviews/stars are suitably visited by karma.

too many fake reviews on (and maybe from) mobogenie - i really do think more appropriately named MOFOgenie

where's the "spit on your face" smilie?