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The smaller, economical version of Samsung's tenth flagship Galaxy phone, released in February 2019. Shipped with Android 9.0 (Pie).

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Device is downloading apps on its own

Why is my device downloading system apps and behavioring like its infected

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Hi,

As you say the phone may have a virus or malware installed.

Download, install and then run either of the following programs and check the results.

program 1

program 2

Once you’re satisfied that the phone is now virus or malware free there are some settings in the phone that may prevent apps from downloading in the background without your permission.

Here’s a image taken from the user manual that shows the settings.

Block Image

(click on image to enlarge for better viewing)

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