Cell Phone Blues..

[DD716TED]

I have had a Samsung Galaxy S-7 for several years now with no problems. Well that has ended.. yesterday I started receiving a popup every 10 minutes or so telling me the My S-7 is dangerously close to dying IF I don't download their app to fix it..IT IS SPAM AND I WOULD NEVER DOWNLOAD SUCH ****. But how do I stop this pop-up?
Anyone recommend a good app to scan and remove such garbage? Or am I stuck with it until I get a new phone someday?

[Timmo_]

PC Matic?

Works on my smartphones, pads and laptops.

[Retired_JSO]

Never download an app from anywhere except what’s in the Apple or Android phone’s store.

[T18skyguy]

I don't know if it matters to you, but Samsung stops updates at 4 years and the final one was March 2020 from what I see. I suppose that means security updates as well. It might continue to work for quite some time, but I wouldn't do banking on it just in case. I use to have an S7, was a great phone.

[sch911]

Do a backup, then a factory reset.

[wgriswold]

I had a virus that I had apparently downloaded with an app. The Verizon store and several antivirus apps were of no help. I decided to delete the apps I had downloaded starting with any that I did not recognize. The first deletes didn't help. The second attempt was to delete any that I didn't use very often. One of those was the offender. I didn't pay enough attention to know which one.

It is worth a try to avoid a factory reset.

[T18skyguy]

Try downloading Malwarebytes or Bitdefender. Hopefully one of the other will nail it.

[pauldub]

Try this.

[p220sigman]

Before you do anything, if you haven't already, try clearing your browsing history, cookies, and cached items. I had something similar happen a while back and was able to resolve it that way.

[Tom_M1]

Worst case, you could do a factory reset. Copy stuff you want save prior to doing this because it will delete everything. Text messages will probably be the most difficult to save.

[Rover_Bill]

There are a lot of good free antivirus and anti malware apps in the Play Store. If one of those doesn't fix it then try Norton Antivirus ($$).

[Edd505]

Scam I'm still using and original Droid Turbo 2 2015, wifes Samsung notes the same age with no issues.

[enblethen]

Believe that is Ransomware. Your provider maybe able to remove it.

[Lwiddis]

I wouldn’t download anything! Go to an office of your carrier. Expect to buy a new phone.