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Originally Posted by Blossom
Yes it will. A little extreme but it will get rid of all traces.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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What exactly will one get rid of if they do a factory reset to get rid of ES File Explorer? With what bad things does it infect one's device? I doubt a factory reset is necessary, but I'm willing to change my opinion with new information.
Malware, as I understand it, is defined as software with malicious intent such as viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware etc. ES File Exporler apparently has added adware and bloatware beyond its basic function that many people don't want, but I think malware may be a bit of an overstatement. What are new versions of ES File Explorer doing that qualifies it as malware?
Many, if not most, free Android apps have ads with varying degrees of obtrusiveness. One may reasonably choose not to install them, but they aren't malware as defined above.
My older version of Es File Explorer is 4.0.5.1, and I like it a lot. It's still available on APKMirror, a safe download site. The current "malware" version is still available on Google Play. Does Google offer widely used apps with known malcious software on its site for download over long periods of time that infect a user's device so badly that one must resort to a factory reset ? Maybe, but I'd be surprised if it did.
That said, there are lots of good Android file managers. If I didn't have an older version of ES File Explorer, I'd probably install one of them.