While troubleshooting an Android smartphone used by a sales rep, you observe that nearly every screen-home, browser, text-messaging, and even the Settings menu-now shows full-screen or banner advertisements. The user says the behavior began right after sideloading a free game from an unofficial app store, and no other hardware or network problems are present. According to CompTIA A+ Core 2 mobile-security objectives, which common symptom most strongly suggests the device has been infected by a bootleg (malicious) application acting as adware?
A sudden, unusually high number of pop-up or banner ads is a classic sign of mobile adware. Bootleg or malicious applications often fund themselves by forcibly injecting ads throughout the interface, so this symptom directly indicates such an infection. Connectivity issues or data-usage warnings can stem from normal network conditions and do not uniquely point to adware.
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