2nd Account

[jawjahpeach]

A couple of days ago I was going through the apps on my X5, looking to see which ones I might want to delete.  I opened Virus Total Mobile, an app I don't remember ever using and don't even remember installing.  I closed it fairly quickly and moved on.  I just noticed that in settings it said there were 2 accounts - mine and Virus Total Mobile.  Is this an app that should be deleted?  Any other security measures I should take?  It's in the Google Play Store.

When I attempted to post this, the spam protection error message box popped up and said my registration has been denied, to contact admin at cs@buzztv.com.  Forbidden!  You sent forms too often.  Wait a few minutes.  It's been months since I submitted a question.  When I attempted to email, the email address was flagged and I was instructed to correct it.

[dishuser]

you or someone with access installed it

it's a safe app to use

[jawjahpeach]

I'm the only one with direct access and hopefully the only one with access at all.  The issue is not that it's there because I very well may have installed it on advice of an "expert."  The issue is the second account that was just created after I opened the app.  The second account was not created by me.  If it's a safe app to use, why would a second account be created on my X5 just by my opening the app?

Edited 13 hours ago by jawjahpeach

[Emporium]

Anti Virus apps work in strange ways, and maybe that is their way of doing some sorted of protected scanning.

I don't bother with AV programs on Android.  Other than watching TV, I don't do anything critical with those boxes (no banking or anything else sensitive).  Hell I even disable Google Protect since it often gets in the way when I want to sideload certain apps.