Random icons and popus are starting to happen - An app from Google Play maybe?

[Drake1969]

Hey, I'm trying to lock down a problem that has reared its ugly head recently. One of the recent apps I installed (not sure which) acts like it's trying to hijack. When I first hit the button to take the tablet out of sleep mode or to turn it on, it immediately opens up Google Play and tries to get me to download a game or other app, which I don't need. Then there are times where an icon will magically appear on my screen tat I did NOT install, and it wants me to install it. I've just installed avast! and ran a virus check, and nothing comes up as malicious. I have also not installed anything I couldn't find off of Google Play, like untrusted apps from questionable sites, so is there a way of stopping this without uninstalling everything?

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Sounds like you might have gotten bitten by this: Google removes 32 apps from Google Play over malware concerns | Android Central Did you install any of these apps?

If not, I'd say just uninstall recently installed apps, one at a time, and reboot, until the problem goes away. You might try other AV apps, too, like Kasperskly and Lookout,

 

[Drake1969]

None of the apps I installed had any Russian origins, but uninstalling a font pack seemed to have stopped the problem. I'm installing Lookout now and uninstalling avast! to see if Lookout will catch anything. Thanks!

 

[glitchgod]

Just download avast or dr web free version....run it they will find the apps and they will remove them or suggest to uninstall them.

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