Problem with Browser on S3

I currently have a GS3. I love my phone.

However, yesterday my phone started loading a random website. At first it looked like it was trying to load www.google.com. However, while I looked away and waited for it to load and then looked back, I noticed my phone said that it couldn't find that website. I found that rather odd, and upon closer inspection, I realized it was actually trying to load www.goolgle.com. I can't seem to figure out why my phone is doing this.

I customize my phone, but I don't root it. I reformatted it today and it still has the same problem. I don't use a special browser. The only "special" apps I use are the Go products (Launcher and SMS) as well as Swiftkey for my keyboard.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? How can I fix this? (I checked my default page. It is set to www.google.com)

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dorrickpcb

This is the link: http://godfs.3g.cn/dynamic/resdown/201309021555/go_launcher_ex_v4.03_svn74011_200.apk I guess the developer will fix the problem in an update anyway.

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breezex

The first ting that I would try is to clear browser cache and history.

Open Browser > Menu > Settings > Privacy and Security > Clear Cache and Clear History.

You may also try:

Open Browser > Menu > Settings > General > Set home page.

Set it to something that you want or blank.

dorrickpcb

This is a problem with go launcher ex latest version 4.03. I had exaIctly the same problem. I contacted the developers who sent me a link to an .apk which solved it.

dorrickpcb

This is the link: http://godfs.3g.cn/dynamic/resdown/201309021555/go_launcher_ex_v4.03_svn74011_200.apk I guess the developer will fix the problem in an update anyway.

CathryneMarie

Thanks so much! I figured it had to be a problem with an application because when I first used it after reformatting it, it worked perfectly.

Thanks for the help!

CathryneMarie

Now I'm getting a really weird popup on my screen whenever I install or uninstall an app...

dorrickpcb

I haven't had this problem yet, so I can't help, sorry.

Ann154

That air push disclaimer is a ad generator used by the application you are installing. It will push ads to your notification bar. I would suggest uninstalling any application that allows these ads and find a better quality application that doesn't push ads to your phone.

CathryneMarie

Problem is I can't seem to track the app down. When I think I have it narrowed down, I uninstall it and it STILL get the annoying popups whenever I install or uninstall anything from my phone.