[Blu Vivo XL] Rob557:
I am not a developer either... although done some rooting but not this device.. or yours.

Get the app Malwarebytes.. it is a security scan... it's free. And do a scan.

you will probably have the results as I posted on this thread over at the Malwarebytes forum...

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/top...-android-communication-sync-malware-push-ads/

See my second and further posts... and the response from Malwarebytes

When you install Malwarebytes... you will be at the Dashboard.. click the "Menu" the three lines top left...

Under App Manager...

Click Your Apps

Click (on the top) System Apps

look down and see if you have "Android Tools" installed..

OR... "Android Communication Sync"

Actually... "Android Communication Sync" updates to a renamed "Android Tools"

Both are the same... and from what we have figured out the problem.

Malwarebytes will show them as Adware.Yemobi.a

The above System Apps (actually same app) cannot be deleted.

(read my post(s) and the answer from Malwarebytes in the link I posted above, as as they mentioned and you have learned a factory reset does nothing.)

Malwarebytes.. and probably other virus scanners don't consider these as viruses...

BUT call them PUP's "Potentially Unwanted Programs."

I considered what BLU has done, with this Adware, is a complete violation of just about any consumer laws that are out there between buying a product/manufacture and the consumer.

I installed the TopBuzz app, ran a Malwarebytes scan... but they all point to the apps I mentioned here with the Adware issue (PUP).

I deleted the TopBuzz app shortly after the scan.

Approx... after installing TopBuzz app and deleting.. February 20th...

I had been clean from these Adware notifications until today... when... just by coincidence you posted your response.

Today I got a push Adware Notification for some "Pedometer" app.

I clicked it.... nothing seemed to install.

BUT... on my phone... the TopBuzz app... and mentioned "updated" problem App I mention in this post...

AND NOW.... what appears to have been downloaded some file... which I guess is related to the "Pedometer" app I clicked...

ARE in a folder called Mydownload.

I had discovered the TopBuzz App... and the "updated" problem App... in the Mydownload. folder previously.... and thus deleted them.

The "Pedometer" file didn't look like an App file... but I knew it just showed up today.

Deleted it.

I now this is confusing and sucks big time.

Look in Mydownload folder... and delete anything you haven't downloaded.

and look in your other Download folders... and delete anything you didn't download.

While I don't think this is a solution.. at least that crap won't be there anymore.

Does clicking on these Adware Push Notifications like TopBuzz... Pedometer... make them go away ?

Yes... and NO.... as demonstrated that I got the Push Notification Pedometer App today.

TopBuzz app kept coming and coming twice a day....

TopBuzz stopped after I installed and deleted it... weeks ago.

the Pedometer app (today)... well we will see what happens... I clicked it... didn't see a download... but there in Mydownload folder there was a new file... could have already downloaded.. and maybe the actual Push Notification.

I bought my phone from a reputable computer store, brick and mortar, MicroCenter.

This situation really bothers me... and, as it seems it will continue... probably be contacting my States Attorney General, and the Florida State Attorney General (where BLU is headquartered in the U.S.)

Along with notifying MicroCenter to pull all the BLU phones.

I haven't researched this topic since February 20th.... when shortly after... the problem went away.

I thought it was something that I had done... but obviously you have found the same problem.. which started with the TopBuzz App Push Notifications.

Obviously.. I can't recommend installing the TopBuzz App, and then installing it.

And if that will make the notification go away.

If you do.. make sure you delete it in your Mydownload folder, or in an other Download folder.

And the new "Pedometer" App Push Notification today.. if for me it will come back or what is next.... ???? after I clicked the notification and deleted the file in Mydownload folder.

Definitely install Malwarebytes (free trial Pro Version... even after the trial the basic version is still great).

Malwarebytes has a computer version too which I highly recommend and used for years... free or paid version both great.

You could also try this app AppBrain Ad Detector... although it didn't seem to stop

the System App we/I have been talking about.. "Android Communication Sync" or the update to a renamed "Android Tools"

The AppBrain Ad Detector clearly shows the System App mentioned as the culprit.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector&hl=en

at least it might show something else you can block

Maybe we can both call the BLU company tech support... and complain...