Hi
my Android phone (S24) seems to have got a virus. Not sure if this is the right forum -- appreciate any comments. The phone ended up stuck showing a list of my apps in Pleco Screen Reader text. The stuck screen appeared as I tried to uninstall Moon+ Reader, which I use for its dark mode to view pdfs. Feels like my identity info is at risk.
Forgive the narrative here, I wrote it right after it happened to remember details:
I was scanning a Wechat video subtitle using the recording OCR function which didn't recognize the text. Screen Reader didn't work either. So I took a screenshot with the intention to use Samsung Interpreter. I swipe down from top of screen and select to open the image. But Interpreter apparently doesn't work with Moon+ Reader, which I may have set as my default opening app (I don't remember). I open Files, long press the recent image, select "Open With", and MR opens the image without letting me select the app I want to use. I swipe down to bring up the Home button and press it, then repeat the process. Again no option to choose the app with Open With. I look in Settings for the default app, can't find it, then open the image with Samsung Gallery which works with Interpreter. I hit the sideways hamburger button and notice MR also has the image open. I long press the MR icon, select Info (I). The screen displays Pleco Screen Reader -like text: a list of app names corresponding to the icons on the same screen as the MR icon (Messages, Music Player, etc). I go back to the Apps screen, long press the MR icon, select Uninstall, and the text list of my apps appears again, this time with the MR Select/ AddtoHome/ Uninstall window in the foreground. I swipe down and tap < to go back, but it doesn't work. I'm stuck on the same screen. So I Restarted, and I'm not gonna start enter my pin without a factory reset.
my Android phone (S24) seems to have got a virus. Not sure if this is the right forum -- appreciate any comments. The phone ended up stuck showing a list of my apps in Pleco Screen Reader text. The stuck screen appeared as I tried to uninstall Moon+ Reader, which I use for its dark mode to view pdfs. Feels like my identity info is at risk.
Forgive the narrative here, I wrote it right after it happened to remember details:
I was scanning a Wechat video subtitle using the recording OCR function which didn't recognize the text. Screen Reader didn't work either. So I took a screenshot with the intention to use Samsung Interpreter. I swipe down from top of screen and select to open the image. But Interpreter apparently doesn't work with Moon+ Reader, which I may have set as my default opening app (I don't remember). I open Files, long press the recent image, select "Open With", and MR opens the image without letting me select the app I want to use. I swipe down to bring up the Home button and press it, then repeat the process. Again no option to choose the app with Open With. I look in Settings for the default app, can't find it, then open the image with Samsung Gallery which works with Interpreter. I hit the sideways hamburger button and notice MR also has the image open. I long press the MR icon, select Info (I). The screen displays Pleco Screen Reader -like text: a list of app names corresponding to the icons on the same screen as the MR icon (Messages, Music Player, etc). I go back to the Apps screen, long press the MR icon, select Uninstall, and the text list of my apps appears again, this time with the MR Select/ AddtoHome/ Uninstall window in the foreground. I swipe down and tap < to go back, but it doesn't work. I'm stuck on the same screen. So I Restarted, and I'm not gonna start enter my pin without a factory reset.
