Help Here's a new one, self installing AccuWeather?!

[CrimsonToker]

Five minutes ago I was responding to a different topic and when I looked up, there is an active download. Strange, since WiFi is off, in walking to work and Google play store is set to never auto update. I hate auto update. So I look and AccuWeather is downloading and installing. Not only have I not been in the play store recently, I haven't searched for a weather app in the life of this phone. Where I live, there are two kinds of weather, raining, and not.

So I'm wondering how this started? Do I possibly have a Trojan or something??

 

[EarlyMon]

A number of manufacturers rely on AccuWeather for their built-in weather widgets.

Maybe related to that?

 

[thekingsteven]

The phones I've had have AccuWeather as the default weather app. Idk what exactly happenend here could be possible that you told it to update with out realizing it....

 

[thekingsteven]

A number of manufacturers rely on AccuWeather for their built-in weather widgets.

Maybe related to that?

But he claims he never opens the app store which means he couldn't have told it to update...

 

[EarlyMon]

Not sure.

 

[CrimsonToker]

But he claims he never opens the app store which means he couldn't have told it to update...

It's not that I NEVER open the app store, I just hadn't recently. When I clicked on it in the status bar and went to the store it said installing, NOT updating, as if it were not on the phone previously

 

[thekingsteven]

It's not that I NEVER open the app store, I just hadn't recently. When I clicked on it in the status bar and went to the store it said installing, NOT updating, as if it were not on the phone previously

I was meaning you hadn't went to the app store to update the app. I mean I've had HTC apps install without my permission Cuz I have auto updates off too. I thought it says downloading no what if it's an update or not, I don't pay that much attention to it.

 

[steiny180]

It's possible that someone somewhere on a PC accessed your playStore account and had it download the app.

To be safe, I'd change my playStore password.

You never know...

 

[zuben el genub]

I think Early has hit it. Is there any special place to tell a widget not to update? I have Accuweather Platinum, and I've set it not to update, but I see nothing in settings about widgets. I don't use them, so it might be on the widget itself?