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Every time I go to use the internet on my Samsung Galaxy S4, this FBI Ransomware crap pops up and I can't get around it.  I have spent the last 3 hrs trying to find a way to get rid of it without factory resetting my phone.  I am unsure if it's a virus or if it's malware.  I can do everything else on my phone, just not use the internet.  There are no boxes checked when I go to Device Administrators, with the options of Samsung KNOX and Android Device Manager.  I looked for apps such as BaDoink, PornDroid, etc. but don't recognize anything out of the usual so these sneaky bastards are hiding it under a good name I guess now.  Is there a list of names of apps they could be hiding it under?  I am lost right now, but I will not let them beat me!

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Hi Scoobdue2,

 

Unfortunately there are many different app or package names this could fall under, this one sounds like it might be browser related. I would suggest clearing out all browser history and cookies. The app related ones block out all access to your device, the FBI warning becomes the active screen and is difficult to remove.

 

Regards,

 

-Armando

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  • 2 months later...

I had an issue similar to that when I used my phone or computers browser on questionable sites.

The pop up that comes up is actually triggered by another window that suddenly opens in the browser. If you can manage to close both the popular then that window, you are golden. Problem is, it reopens pretty damned fast. Hopefully this is the type of issue you are having. If you ran across an actual download, my sympathies. Best you can do is reboot your phone or computer in safe mode and hunt for the problem that way.

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