I now have two Amazon apps on my iPhone. Is one a possible virus?

Hi. I have an amazon app on my iphone and have been using it for a long time. Today, while updating apps via the app store i saw the proposal to install Amazon app, while it is installed already. I’ve checked the installed app - it works fine. I’ve entered the word “Amazon” at the app store and it demonstrated me different apps. All my installed apps like amazon alexa or amazon music were with word “open” nearby. But the general Amazon app was with the word “download”. While it is already downloaded. I downloaded it, because was curious. Now I have two Amazon apps at a time. They look absolutely identical, which is strange. Can one of them be in reality the camouflaged virus or something like that?


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iPhone 15, iOS 17

Posted on Aug 18, 2024 5:54 PM

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Aug 19, 2024 12:55 PM in response to sergii99

sergii99 wrote:

Hi. I have an amazon app on my iphone and have been using it for a long time. Today, while updating apps via the app store i saw the proposal to install Amazon app, while it is installed already. I’ve checked the installed app - it works fine. I’ve entered the word “Amazon” at the app store and it demonstrated me different apps. All my installed apps like amazon alexa or amazon music were with word “open” nearby. But the general Amazon app was with the word “download”. While it is already downloaded. I downloaded it, because was curious. Now I have two Amazon apps at a time. They look absolutely identical, which is strange. Can one of them be in reality the camouflaged virus or something like that?

Delete the one that doesn't work. This just sounds like a glitch.

Aug 18, 2024 6:07 PM in response to Zachyy

No, it is not duplication on the screens. They are exactly two apps. One (the older one) is fully functional with my account details set. The second ( which I installed recently) is not set yet - it proposes to select country, language etc. - like during the first installation.

I became concerned when the app store didn’t see that I already have the Amazon app on my Iphone and only proposed to download it, instead of open. I downloaded it for the second time thinking that it may cause some conflict as it is already installed. But it successfully downloaded and now I have two different Amazon apps

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