I'm getting ads on my phone, without opening any apps or browsers!! it started yesterday evening and I downloaded only one app that day.. Lightroom Adobe app and I uninstalled it, thinking it was the reason for those full blown ads and then later I thought it was due to website like while browsing desidime.
But realised the ads kept on coming even when I was NOT using any apps or browsers! It's very annoying and take a good chunk of data away.
The ads are mostly of those annoying trading apps - coindx or something, etc.
I minimized the ads while trying to jump from app to app, to see where the ads were originating/showing up but as one can see in the first screenshot, it's showing up as standalone (?) Android? platform (I'm sorry I don't know the term nor what exactly it is).
Is my phone hacked??? I haven't downloaded nor interested in any of these things so how are they magically popping up every 2-3 mins!?
Please help me with suggestions to get rid of it.
P.S. I just found out my cousin wa using my phone to download a movie through a shady pirated site and caused the problem when he downloaded an apk and installed it. I uninstalled it too but the problem still exists. Have to check more thoroughly in morning.
SOLVED - Removed 2 unknown apps (that didn't appear on app screen!) from app installed list. Problem disappeared.
Go to your installed apps and go through every app you installed.
Secondly check every app with device admin permissions( and also check apps that have permission to appear over other apps).
It is probably an app that you installed recently
If you are unable to do these due to ad spam, you can power off and start the phone in safe mode then find the culprit