Why is aptoide still showing up when I uninstalled it?

[Android Central Question]

So I was trying to find a particular APK online. Aptoide’s webpage was one of the first google results claiming to have the apk available to install.

It forced me to install Aptoide first and then I found the APK on their store and tried to install it. Aptoide kept telling me it was installed but every time I checked my app drawer, the new app was not there.

Eventually got bored with this and uninstalled Aptoide from the device. I found a genuine link for the APK I was looking for elsewhere online but now every time I try to download the APK using that link, I keep being taken back to Aptoide’s installer page, prompting me to reinstall the Aptoide app in order to download and install the APK. As far as I can tell the link is not in any way affiliated with Aptoide. I’ve also since found other sources for the APK online and every single one of them initiates Aptoide’s installer when I try to download them.

What is going on?!

 

[Javier P]

Welcome to the forums. I'm sorry you're having these problems but unfortunately we can't help you with modded apks downloaded outside the official stores. Sorry.

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