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Question

Apps downloading other apps

May 2, 2017 3:28PM PDT

Hello, I have the Samsung J3 Emerge, and I recently got a new app for my themes. When it finished downloading, there were also apps that I did not download with it. An app called "Dream Girlfriend" a news app called "Free News" and a new app store called "Atmos play store". I did not know of these apps until someone pointed it out (*cough*, *cough* my friend) and said that I was pretty desperate for a girlfriend get an app like that. Of course he was referring to the "Dream Girlfriend" app. I have been accused of downloading such apps by my own, but I did not. Please solve the problem, do I can go on without the shame of having that app.

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Clarification Request
I have to ask
May 2, 2017 3:35PM PDT

Why you don't solve this on your own. That is, why not uninstall those apps?

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Answer
uninstall them
May 2, 2017 3:39PM PDT

uninstall them, simple as that. if your original app you wanted installed quits working because of the uninstall, then it is not an app worth keeping. In addition report the app to the service you got it from if it is installing other apps without your permission.