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Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone

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Micky wrote:

> All of a sudden today, I'm getting ads for videos, I think they all
> were, in the middle of whatever I'm doing, on my phone. 
> 
> Is there a particular app that I can find and delete, perhaps? Or
> something in memory? 
> 
> Two nights ago I bought a book on Amazon, and as soon as I paid, they
> offered to let me read the same book for free on Kindle, so I wouldn't
> have to wait until my book came.  I did it.  At least one of the ads
> today mentioned Kindle.   Do you think that's where they found me? Any
> way to undo that?

I'm brand new to Android so this is something that I just learned: long
press on a notification to see which app issued it.  For me, a long
press on a notification shows a larger screen (for the app that is
showing the notification) and there is an "App Info" button that I can
press.  That will show which installed app is associated to the
notification.

You did not say WHERE you are seeing the ads.  If not as a notification
then WHERE do you see ads?  In the web browser?  If so, which one?  I
recall reading some web browsers that come with a built-in ad blocker
(Opera and Slimjet, both Chromium based).  For others, like Firefox, you
need to install an adblocker add-on (I use uBlock Origin).

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all of a sdden, ads on phone Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 19:30 -0400
  Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-07-18 01:48 -0500
    Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 04:47 -0400
    Re: all of a sdden, ads on phone Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 04:49 -0400

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