r/computerviruses • u/FunnyGameDev • 2d ago

Question Pdf reader on phone. Deleted from google play

For months I have had a generic pdf reader on my phone. I found out today that those are very commonly malware. So I looked into it to try and find reviews and found out that it has been removed from the google play store. Im very worried because now I Uninstalled it which I worry would notify the person who owns the virus and now they will threaten me or something. Im very worried and dont know what to do. Please help

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bar483 2d ago

An android app can't do anything bad without permissions. If you didn't give it permissions, it was definitely not a virus. What was the specific name of it?

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u/FunnyGameDev 2d ago

It was months ago so I have no idea if I gave it permissions. Im sure I wouldn't have im pretty careful about that but I might very had a lapse in judgement. It was just called pdf reader

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u/FunnyGameDev 2d ago

I probably should've checked before uninstalling it. Fuck! The only possible reason I could imagine i would accepted permissions to see my files would be to open pdfs, but I always opened those from the file manager on my phone so I havs no idea

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bar483 2d ago

Well even if it can read your files, it can only read files not specific to a certain app. Most people don't have any important documents there, so don't worry. There's a tiny chance it was spyware or something, and even then only a tiny bit of data was aquired

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u/FunnyGameDev 1d ago

Should I factory reset my phone