Why is this Malwarebytes icon doing on my Android screen?

[Klozaw]

And how do I get rid of it?

Hoping this is an easy answer. I just haven't found the magic terms to use to find how to remove it on Google.

I've attached a photo with an arrow to clarify what I mean.

Your help is appreciated.

Thanks Kevin

 

[mbam_mtbr]

Hi @Klozaw,

That's a feature added to some mobile devices, especially newer Pixel phones.

Here is the instructions for disabling one for our icon.

Open your device Settings > Accessibility,
Go to the Downloaded apps section (should be at top)
Select "Malwarebytes Safe Browsing Scanner",
Under the "Options" section, toggle "Malwarebytes Safe Browsing Scanner shortcut" to OFF. 

[Klozaw]

That's it! I appreciate the quick resolution.

[ceballard]

This helped me too.  Certainly not obvious.

[Dragonassbabe]

(*ˊᗜˋ*)ᵗᑋᵃᐢᵏ ᵞᵒᵘ! I played with it to see what it does and it doesn't do anything.other than move it around, that's it. So when i went looking for the way to remove it, i got stumped. Lol

[kassha]

I'm also trying to find out what this does. I'd rather keep it if it is useful. I've looked in the Android section of your website and I'm searching for documentation which led me to this post. 

[mbam_mtbr]

Hi @kassha,

It's just a helpful pinned shortcut icon.  Much like pinning icons to a Windows PC taskbar.  It's up to personal preference if you want to keep the icon there, or just open the app with the usual app icon.

[kassha]

Thank you.

I see now why it was confusing for me and potentially others. The floating button does have an on/off state but it wasn't apparent what it was doing. I do understand now that it is for safe browsing and it is turning this feature on/off. That seems very obvious now but I had forgotten what the button was linked to and I wasn't clear what I was turning on and off. There isn't much of an explanation or interaction affordance to make that clear. As I reread the other comments here this seems to be a shared confusion 

Now know, I'm not sure of when/why I would toggle this on and off. Trusting that what was said above (but nowhere in the app or documentation that I can find) is true about what is/isn't scanned, why would I turn it off?

Thanks again for trying to clarify.