Jonny6980

Recently, some random websites have been popping up on my phone (Samsung Galaxy A7 2018), with loads of different names such as Techofires, Sigonews, itfaclty, Ideapuls and now gohi. I have never signed up to any of these sites, and have done a little google search on them which picked up that it was a browser hijacker that can be very malicious, and can reinstall itself on my phone if it is removed (which malwarebytes and other antiviruses do not pick up/recognize) and would like to see if anyone else is having this problem. I saw another post on this forum and apparently it has something to do with browsers being unable to block them. I'm really worried about this, as I have no idea whether it is actually on my phone and has some sort of keylogger, or is able to hide itself in apps. One website declared that it is able to get on your device through bad updates, and a myriad of other ways. I am worried that it has got hold of my banking details, as I have all my banking things set up on this phone. Since the websites started popping up, I have started getting texts from my bank saying that random amounts of money were unable to be transferred (though it is saying this for my old card which is no longer valid) What I want to try to get rid of it: - Factory reset my phone, and get rid of everything (I have already backed everything up on onedrive and google) What I have tried to get rid of it: - Downloaded multiple trusted antiviruses to see if I can purge it (Unsuccessful) - Cleared everything (History, cookies, caches) on duckduckgo (which is my default browser) (Unsuccessful) I just want to see if there is any way to get rid of it, or if anyone knows more about it and what it can do.

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Recently, some random websites have been popping up on my phone (Samsung Galaxy A7 2018), with loads of different names such as Techofires, Sigonews, itfaclty, Ideapuls and now gohi. I have never signed up to any of these sites, and have done a little google search on them which picked up that it was a browser hijacker that can be very malicious, and can reinstall itself on my phone if it is removed (which malwarebytes and other antiviruses do not pick up/recognize) and would like to see if anyone else is having this problem. I saw another post on this forum and apparently it has something to do with browsers being unable to block them. I'm really worried about this, as I have no idea whether it is actually on my phone and has some sort of keylogger, or is able to hide itself in apps. One website declared that it is able to get on your device through bad updates, and a myriad of other ways. I am worried that it has got hold of my banking details, as I have all my banking things set up on this phone. Since the websites started popping up, I have started getting texts from my bank saying that random amounts of money were unable to be transferred (though it is saying this for my old card which is no longer valid) What I want to try to get rid of it: - Factory reset my phone, and get rid of everything (I have already backed everything up on onedrive and google) What I have tried to get rid of it: - Downloaded multiple trusted antiviruses to see if I can purge it (Unsuccessful) - Cleared everything (History, cookies, caches) on duckduckgo (which is my default browser) (Unsuccessful) I just want to see if there is any way to get rid of it, or if anyone knows more about it and what it can do. Sincerely, Jon.