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How to repair security holes and viruses

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My phone keeps saying it has bout 13 security holes and maybe some viruses

My phone keeps saying it has bout 13 security holes and maybe some viruses

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Do you have a security app like one of the following that could be generating that message?

If not, that could be some advertising from a website that you should not trust, or a bad app you installed. Probably a good idea to install one of the security apps (but probably only one to avoid bogging down with overlapping functionality).

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Do you have a security app like one of the following that could be generating that message?

If not, that could be some advertising from a website that you should not trust, or a bad app you installed. Probably a good idea to install one of the security apps (but probably only one to avoid bogging down with overlapping functionality).