Help (Solved) Strange "FREE APPS" Application on my phone

[androidfear93]

So this morning I checked my phone and I saw an application called "free apps" on my phone. Its not listed on my applicatiions list and I used avast and the pre loaded anti virus and neither came up with anything in a scan. I clicked on it and I wasn't connected to wifi but it took me to a webpage that didn't load due to wifi. Ive only installed well known apps from the android market, is this thing a virus?? How do I get rid of it?????

 

[ZenPit]

Use titanium backup to remove it

I haven't heard of that app. Check your downloads and see if you accidentally added it. Not sure if its malware although it could be

 

[androidfear93]

Idk if it was because all it was is it just took me to handangos list of their own free selection of apps which since handango is a real site, I doubt its malware now. But I did a hard reset and ill see which app I downlloaded brought this along.

 

[androidfear93]

Plus that means it was just a shortcut link, that's why it wasn't on my applications list.

 

[ZenPit]

Any updates on this? You successfully remove it?

 

[androidfear93]

Its gone after a factory reset

 

[nps531]

'airpush detector' would have worked just as good without having to go through format

 

[androidfear93]

Acknowledged