I just had my "WTF?" moment of the day, with my "smart" phone.

[Archae]

I looked at my home screen, and there was 5 new games on my phone!

I uninstalled all of them, but this is one of the more infuriating things about my phone.

Have had games installed on my phone WITHOUT my consent several times.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Check your settings. And there might be installed app doing it. If you can find it & uninstall it might solve it. . nt

[surfered]

2. AI also gets bored and needed a distraction. I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

[unc70]

3. Do you have grandchildren using any of your devices?

This kept happening to my friend. Finally tracked down at least part of the problem. She has a couple of iPads that are linked and synced with her iPhone. These iPads are used by her grandsons when they visit. The iPads have/had minimal security enabled. The grandsons would install various games which would then appear on the other devices. Voila!

A 7 yo and a 10 yo are extremely adept at navigating the various safeguards supposedly in place. I have over 50 years in the industry and I am overmatched When I visit her next, I will continue trying to secure her systems, but as long as they have physical access, its a losing proposition.

[Archae]

4. No, no kids or grandkids, just me.

It just bugs me that these app makers will "assume" that I want their shit.

[unc70]

5. What kind of smartphone do you have?

[Archae]

6. Motorola, 4G.

[unc70]

7. Possible solution:

I don't have personal experience in that environment, but did a quick search and found this:

"Motorola phone keeps installing unwanted apps

"Go to settings and the apps section. Show System Apps and Search for an App called Mobile Services. Disable that. Problem solved."

[Archae]

8. Thanks, just used the "Force Stop" button.