Netizen reveals that uninstalling a hidden app on an elderly person's phone triggers a flood of ads

On October 25, a netizen showed a hidden app on their mother's retired phone; when attempting to force-uninstall it, the phone played the uninstall animation but then popped up a large number of ads targeting the elderly and kept redirecting — a single mis-tap would automatically download junk apps that run in the background.

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2026-10-27 06:04 · 10月25日，有网友展示母亲退役手机里的隐藏式App，卸载时反被大量针对老年人的广告弹窗轰炸，误点即自动下载垃圾App后台运行。

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Sayings · 2026-10-27 06:01 On October 25, a netizen showed the hidden apps on their mother's retired phone, and upon uninstalling them was instead bombarded by a flood of ad pop-ups targeting the elderly; a single mis-tap would automatically download junk apps that run in the background.

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