App Lounge Safety

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Just installed e/OS 2.7 on a One Plus 6T. I installed several apps from App Lounge with no problems. However, installing the GrubHub app led to a few suspicious behaviors.

The app installed unusually fast, within a few seconds. The app icon had a smaller icon superimposed over it (I don’t remember what it looked like). Tapping the app did not open the app. Instead the default browser opened to a blank web page with a very long URL. I immediately closed the page and uninstalled the app.

Today, I tried to duplicate this behavior so I could report it more accurately, but the GrubHub app installed normally; taking a very long time per usual, and no icon superimposed over the app icon.

This is worrisome. I’m hoping the first install was just a web app, but I can’t be sure. Is it normal for App Lounge to sometimes install web apps?

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There are malicious apps at Playstore, so they appear in Applounge consequently. I wonder how that problem of yours would be caused by Applounge?
By the way, there was a data breach at Grubhub, you might want to change your credentials.

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You can install PWAs in App Lounge but you can hide them in the settings, scroll down to the Show Applications list and uncheck Show PWAs

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