Originally Posted by tdenson:
“The app is called currency convert. I realise it's an advert but it's typical of those adverts on Windows or Mac OS X that tell you something is wrong with your machine when it isn't and usually turns out to be malware.
I've just run it again and it's now redirected me to freshmobilecontent.com which is telling me my mobile device is infected with a virus, 617,493 threats found in the last 7 days and offering me an AV download.
Seems like a dodgy bit of software to me - even though it came from the app store which is immune from such things




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“The app is called currency convert. I realise it's an advert but it's typical of those adverts on Windows or Mac OS X that tell you something is wrong with your machine when it isn't and usually turns out to be malware.
I've just run it again and it's now redirected me to freshmobilecontent.com which is telling me my mobile device is infected with a virus, 617,493 threats found in the last 7 days and offering me an AV download.
Seems like a dodgy bit of software to me - even though it came from the app store which is immune from such things





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Its not immune from adverts which this is all it is! No different to apps offering to download games.
Personally i would just ignore it or just uninstall it




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