Greetings, I have some malware/virus on my android box that I can't get rid of. I've tried dozens of programs and only one or two can identify it but not clean it. When I start an app, a full screen ad appears, and when I close an app, the same thing happens again. I've run stuff that's told me which apps were infected. I deleted them but still the problem remains. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Spent hours getting nowhere wihth it today

Can you share any details?

 

Make/model/Android rev.

Which app(s) lead to a pop-up? Any, some, all?

Does it happen within a single app?

Did this start recently? That is, everything was fine before, then it wasn't?

 

All the zips, repos make it so easy for this to happen; I'm amazed it doesn't happen more often.

 

I guess I might try to remove the offending apps, using Android (clear cache, wipe data, uninstall). If that didn't work I guess I'd do some sort of "factory-reset" on the box.

It's a Minix Neo N1. I've got stuff on there that told me what the affected apps were and removed them all but the problem is that if I download something, the anti-malware tells me that what I download is also infected. 

 

It happened about 3 months ago, just seems strange that after trying so many anti-malware and antivirus programs, they can't remove the infection

Have you tried doing a factory reset? You will have to go through the setup process again and create accounts and such but this may be an answer. Just a thought!

Again, it would help if you can share any details, then we can come up with recommendations.

 

In addition to me original questions...

 

Which anti-malware program are you using?

What is this program telling you?

Are the pop-ups the only manifestation?

 

Have you done a factory-reset? 

Re-loading apps isn't that big a deal. You can back-up (and restore) 'inside' an an app. like Kodi quite easily.