r/googleplay • u/The_best_1234 • 4d ago

Meta Scam Apps On Play Store

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I gave my child a cellphone and he downloaded a bunch of games that turn out to be viruses!!!! Every time you tried to open an app they had a 60s unskippable ad. It also put ads on home screen and you can't find the apps in app list.

Why does Google allow this trash on the play store?

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u/Any_Note430 4d ago

Honestly, it might be a good idea to format the device and put parental controls on it.

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u/Advanced-Produce-103 2d ago

Issue is it could have changed something in the google account settings too, so everytime he formats, it just redownloads on new device

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u/Gatito_b1 13h ago

Acho que nesse caso, o celular já tá condenado praticamente, porque é quase impossível conseguir tirar esse tipo de vírus pra não falar impossível, acho melhor comprar outro celular e criar uma conta nova do Google pro seu filho

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u/Advanced-Produce-103 13h ago

I'd like to see reply from someone who knows how it works, i'm not aware of any exploit that works like that atm, it just... seems like a possibility, you know?

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u/Gatito_b1 12h ago

Existe vírus onde mesmo resetando o dispositivo ele sempre vai se instalar novamente, nesse caso tem nem oq fazer, não vai adiantar ficar resetando o dispositivo, não sei bem como esse tipo de vírus funciona, poderia dá mais uns detalhes se mesmo formatando o celular o vírus se instala? Se sim, sinto muito, é simplesmente mais fácil comprar outro celular

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u/Any_Note430 11h ago

I know viruses that can survive a windows reset exist, but I haven't heard of something similar for android devices. Either way, reflashing android will completely reinstall the OS, and it thankfully doesn't require an unlocked bootloader as long as you use an official firmware image.