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

CrimsonToker · Jan 30, 2015

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 · Jan 30, 2015

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

Maybe related to that?

thekingsteven · Jan 30, 2015

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 · Jan 30, 2015

EarlyMon said:
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 · Jan 30, 2015

Not sure.

CrimsonToker · Jan 30, 2015

thekingsteven said:
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 · Jan 30, 2015

CrimsonToker said:
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 · Jan 30, 2015

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 · Jan 30, 2015

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?

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