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WTF is going on with my phone's calendar? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I'm getting events added to my Galaxy phone's calendar. One was supposed to be an invitation to confirm my $400 order with McAfee, (this happened twice in the last week, and another similar one for a Microsoft service that popped in while I was looking at and deleting the first one. It literally appeared while I was looking at it, and was scheduled for about 3 hours later tonight. I deleted it immediately. Scam emails and text messages I can understand, but how in the hell are they putting this shit in my phones calendar? They have a lot of text in them and links that appear as phone numbers. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I'm worried I've got some kind of mal-ware on my phone...

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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I've got some kind of mal-ware on my phone...

I think that's what it is. I used to use an app called adaware to clean up people's phones when I worked at Verizon. Might be worth running that and removing any threats. Probably a free shitty app that you downloaded.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    yeah, but I haven't downloaded or installed anything for years. I can't stand staring at these tiny screens for very long, and for me, most internet surfing on mobile is an exercise in frustration. Aside from the maps and a crossword puzzle app I've had for years, all I use it for is the phone, texts, and sometimes work emails and IM's, and of course the calendar, which I rely on quite a bit. Mostly, tho, I live behind a desktop PC.

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