So, an acquaintance of mine has a malware which shows an ad every once a while especially when you install apps.
It’s hiding in settings with an icon and name called “Settings”. It has no icon in the launcher. It cannot be uninstalled. It has acquired device admin settings and even that cannot be revoked. Google play protect warns of this malware but even play protect does not have enough permissions to actually remove it for good.
I tried to enable developer options to nuke it via adb. Unfortunately, developer options are blocked with a pop-up saying Device managed by your organization.
Outside of official service center visit. Or reflashing the stock firmware. Are there any ways the malware can be deleted?
I have advised to get it fixed from the place he bought.
You’ve got me more curious about the device itself and a rough geographical area it was bought in. Care to share?
Its a low end realme. I think Realme 12+ or something. It was bought in india. Not that I think it should make much of a difference.
Some of us love seeing dodgy devices and their nooks and crannies. If you wanna share them here, or even over on our TG * where there’re many nerds from that region still ;)
t.me/randroidtg
Lol, its not mine. I make sure to keep mine updated and secure. Never browse the web naked without an adblocker. But, thanks for the recommendation. I’m present in that channel, just by a different name.