Android app causing Google critical security alert

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ronz91

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Hi guys

So yesterday my phone pops up with a Google account notification saying there was suspicious activity.

It prompts me to change my password after authenticating me via my mobile number. I change the password.

Now the same has happened again today, however I can log into my account via my PC and check the security log in my Google account. It shows multiple instances of "Suspicious App detected" from yesterday and once today.
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But when I open one of them up they do not name the app?!?!

I have not installed any new apps in the last few days.

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How can I find which app is causing the issue???
 
Download and run Eset Mobile Security.
Do a scan. Might be malware.
The free edition of it works fine.
There's a trial as well which expires automatically.
If it finds and cleans something. Change your Google password again.
 
|tera| said:
Download and run Eset Mobile Security.
Do a scan. Might be malware.
The free edition of it works fine.
There's a trial as well which expires automatically.
If it finds and cleans something. Change your Google password again.
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came up as clean, which is I suspect, everything is fine

But I would like to know whats causing all this fuss
 
Try contacting Google. Also, check which apps are authorised to use your Google account. It's somewhere in Google settings. You should be able to revoke apps from there, unless I'm mistaken.

Unless this is linked to the recent Google issues. They did mention this, this morning or yesterday when I saw on Twitter that certain users are still experiencing Gmail issues.
 
backstreetboy said:
What Chrome addons do you have installed? What apps does have 3rd party access to your account?
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I have a few browser add one but they have been there for ages. 3rd party apps are just WhatsApp for drive backup access, podcast app for backup which has been there ages, and I think Google sheets has an add on from a few months back
 
mercurial said:
Try contacting Google. Also, check which apps are authorised to use your Google account. It's somewhere in Google settings. You should be able to revoke apps from there, unless I'm mistaken.

Unless this is linked to the recent Google issues. They did mention this, this morning or yesterday when I saw on Twitter that certain users are still experiencing Gmail issues.
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What's the best way to contact them?

Yeah I was wondering if it was linked to their recent outage
 
Gmail service disrupted in new Google mishap -> https://www.enca.com/life/gmail-service-disrupted-new-google-mishap

SAN FRANCISCO - Google's cloud-hosted email service suffered a "significant" disruption Tuesday, just a day after it went down during a massive outage of the internet giant's platform.

Google said on a status dashboard that it had Gmail operations back in order shortly before 0000 GMT, about two and a half hours after people started complaining of problems.

"We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support," Google said in the status dashboard notice.

"Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better."

Google did not disclose the number of users affected or the precise cause of the trouble.

The problem with Gmail affected "a significant subset of users," the company said in a post.

Gmail users encountered error messages, high latency and other unusual behavior at the service, according to Google.

A massive blackout on Monday temporarily disrupted popular Google services such as Gmail and video-sharing platform YouTube, derailing the remote learning, work and entertainment that people have come to rely on during the pandemic.

About 17,000 people reported Gmail service problems at a peak point at about 2:30 pm (2230 GMT) in California, where Google has its headquarters, according to the website Downdetector.

Other Google services such as YouTube, Maps and search appeared to be operating normally.

The broad outage on Monday lasted about 45 minutes.

Services that require users to log into accounts such as YouTube or Gmail had "higher error rates" than usual, resulting in people being denied access, Google said of the Monday outage.

Google indicated on its dashboard during that outage that it involved services for "the majority of users."

Already ubiquitous, online services have become more critical this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions work from home and students take their classes online.

Disruptions to online service providers are not unusual. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Amazon subsidiary specializing in on-demand cloud services for businesses and individuals, experienced a major technical outage in November.
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well I uninstalled most of my apps, still getting the msg
 
signed out/deleted browser extensions on all browsers, and signed out of all devices late last night

no more alerts, gonna play it slow and be aware of what I sign back into and do it one by one
 
ronz91 said:
signed out/deleted browser extensions on all browsers, and signed out of all devices late last night

no more alerts, gonna play it slow and be aware of what I sign back into and do it one by one
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In short you are performing fully phone reset and erasing all contents on the phone or? I have not catchup your point
 
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