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I was on facebook and I clicked on an estate auction link and it redirected me to another page and then started downloading a porn viewer.apk to my phone. How do I delete it and keep it from happening again?
 

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I'm not sure how to delete it. I didn't accept the download, it just started downloading as soon as the link redirected me. I have a Note 4. It's not installed but I want to delete the apk file.
 
You may have a downloads app on your phone where you can interface your recent downloads and delete them, check your app drawer. Otherwise, a file explorer app would do the same.

Though installing is a secondary issue to downloading the app in the first place, be sure that the option to allow install of apps from unknown sources is unchecked in your main settings menu. (possibly at settings > security) That will at least disallow a brute force download and install from sources other than Google Play.
 
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