I am using a Moto G50 with Android v 12 (I believe with all latest patches)
I appear to have downloaded the malware - "QR Code Scanner: Add-On" as described here https://blog.malwarebytes.com/android/2021/02/barcode-scanner-app-on-google-play-infects-10-million-users-with-one-update/
I managed to uninstall the QR reader but the Add on is still there & has now run itself without my wanting it to.
Whenever I try to uninstall it by going to App info in the Apps list, the App info immediately shuts down, so I cannot get to uninstall.
I have tried looking on the Internet to see if I could find a work around, but all the articles on this as a malware problem just tell you to uninstall. I searched your forum but couldn't see a response on this (sorry for starting a new thread).
I downloaded Malware bytes from Playstore in order to run a scan & get rid of it. But not Malware bytes (& also AVG AntiVirus) do exactly the same thing. When you double click to run the programme thet shut down immediately. If I go to get app info it and click on it, it also shuts down immediately.
Are you aware of this issue? Is there anything I can do to remove?