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Mups

Yesterday at 11:22:09 PM
A quickie question if I may please?

My phone's WhatsApp  is telling me it needs updating,  but then it goes on to ask whether I want to use APKPure,   Store,  (or is Playstore),  or something else which I can't remember!

How do I know what to choose?!    :hmm:

Any ideas please?
Ta muchly. 

klondike

#1
Yesterday at 11:58:01 PM
If it's an android phone you should really only be using playstore.

Apk is the type name of android executables and you normally have to fiddle with permissions to allow an app to be installed from anywhere other than the playstore. There's a reason for that.

It could be that it isn't WhatsApp suggesting you install from elsewhere but a scammer. Are there any contacts showing that aren't friends and family or groups you've joined?

This sounds sus to me

Dextrous63

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Today at 05:42:32 AM
Hmm.  That sounds dodgy to me.

I've not received any such message on my iPhone for WhatsApp or indeed any app suggesting I use a different App Store to update or install anything.

Just checked....






Ashy

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Today at 09:38:29 AM
Something very similar poopped up on my Whatsit feed too. I may be wrong but I think this is a protected mode which does not allow copying or forwarding of messages and attachments, so I would not use this personally. If you use it to transmit document etc then you can only read them on the handset. 

Mups

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Today at 12:02:18 PM Last Edit: Today at 12:08:39 PM by Mups
Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:58:01 PMIf it's an android phone you should really only be using playstore.

Apk is the type name of android executables and you normally have to fiddle with permissions to allow an app to be installed from anywhere other than the playstore. There's a reason for that.

It could be that it isn't WhatsApp suggesting you install from elsewhere but a scammer. Are there any contacts showing that aren't friends and family or groups you've joined?

This sounds sus to me

Oh dear,  I'm a bit worried now.      Yes, it is Android  (Samsung).   
Do others ever update their WhatsApp?
I will go and have another look at the phone and let you know later.


Today at 12:05:55 PM
Quote from: Dextrous63 on Today at 05:42:32 AMHmm.  That sounds dodgy to me.

I've not received any such message on my iPhone for WhatsApp or indeed any app suggesting I use a different App Store to update or install anything.

Just checked....





Thanks Dex,  but mine isn't an iphone.   Should that make a difference?


Today at 12:08:39 PM
Quote from: Ashy on Today at 09:38:29 AMSomething very similar poopped up on my Whatsit feed too. I may be wrong but I think this is a protected mode which does not allow copying or forwarding of messages and attachments, so I would not use this personally. If you use it to transmit document etc then you can only read them on the handset.
Whatsit?   

Sorry Ashy,  but I don't know anything about 'protected modes' either. 
I am pretty useless with technology.

klondike

#5
Today at 03:02:09 PM
They key thing is is this a popup message from the app or a WhatsApp message that appeared like messages from friends in a feed.

Sometimes apps will tell you they need updating. Normally you would go to the play store search the app and it will say there if it needs manually updating.

WhatsApp can be banned by repressive regimes although I don't think Starmer has got round to that here yet. Under those circumstances it would be downloaded from a covert source and would need to be updated from there too but that isn't the case here so far.

By all means check the Google play app to see if it needs updating. Don't go anywhere else to update it. The odds are you wouldn't know how to anyway because I doubt that your phone has any alternate update sources authorised.

Alex

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Today at 06:45:46 PM
I've just been on fACEBOOK and clicked on the Market Place where everything was in dollars  :hmm: I then clicked on Places to Rent and they were in San Francisco !  I logged off straight away as I thought that was a bit odd.

Sorry to hijack your thread Mups, but something strange is going on here too. :cowboy:

Mups

#7
Today at 06:59:52 PM
Quote from: Alex on Today at 06:45:46 PMI've just been on fACEBOOK and clicked on the Market Place where everything was in dollars  :hmm: I then clicked on Places to Rent and they were in San Francisco !  I logged off straight away as I thought that was a bit odd.

Sorry to hijack your thread Mups, but something strange is going on here too. :cowboy:
Ooer   . . . .  perhaps  we've got the Gremlins!  

Scrumpy

#8
Today at 07:03:07 PM
I don't press any keys on my phone that I am not too sure of.... I too am rubbish at technology and gadgets..
I never answer 'yes' to anything...
Sometimes it's easier to play the 'ignorant' card..
Even people who knock at the door trying to sell (something) walk away very confused..  😜
Don't ask me.. I know nuffink..

klondike

#9
Today at 07:05:16 PM
Quote from: Alex on Today at 06:45:46 PMI've just been on fACEBOOK and clicked on the Market Place where everything was in dollars  :hmm: I then clicked on Places to Rent and they were in San Francisco !  I logged off straight away as I thought that was a bit odd.

Sorry to hijack your thread Mups, but something strange is going on here too. :cowboy:
I'll check your IP. The Geolocation could be wrong.

Nope you are showing up as TalkTalk and coming through Crewe which is sort of your way.

Mups

#10
Today at 07:24:26 PM Last Edit: Today at 07:29:43 PM by Mups
Quote from: klondike on Today at 03:02:09 PMThey key thing is is this a popup message from the app or a WhatsApp message that appeared like messages from friends in a feed.

Sometimes apps will tell you they need updating. Normally you would go to the play store search the app and it will say there if it needs manually updating.

WhatsApp can be banned by repressive regimes although I don't think Starmer has got round to that here yet. Under those circumstances it would be downloaded from a covert source and would need to be updated from there too but that isn't the case here so far.

By all means check the Google play app to see if it needs updating. Don't go anywhere else to update it. The odds are you wouldn't know how to anyway because I doubt that your phone has any alternate update sources authorised.

Klondie,  I am looking at my phone,  and in the apps, among others,   I have Google, Play Store,  APK pure,  and something just called 'Store which has a picture of a shopping bag on the app.    So which is the Google play app you meant? 

Today at 07:29:43 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on Today at 07:03:07 PMI don't press any keys on my phone that I am not too sure of.... I too am rubbish at technology and gadgets..
I never answer 'yes' to anything...
Sometimes it's easier to play the 'ignorant' card..
Even people who knock at the door trying to sell (something) walk away very confused..  😜

I aint half glad it isn't just me,  Scrumps.   :upvote:

klondike

#11
Today at 08:04:01 PM
Google Play is the genine play store. Who installed WhatsApp on your phone? Considering the message you got and the fact that you have APK pure on your phone I'm guessing it wasn't you and for some reason was installed from the unofficial location. I have no idea why that would have been done.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=is+apkpure+safe&newwindow=1
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