Well, three apps disappeared from my phone yesterday without me giving any permission for anything: JetPack Joyride, McDonald's and Sense Analog Clock.
If I look at the AVAST activity log, I see those three apps listed (it's in Dutch so I'll try to translate it):
Found problems (1)
10:38 9 jan.
Problem in: Sense Analog Clock 3.6.1
Android:Gappusin-BL [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-UF [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-TU [Trj]
Android:MTK-BY [Trj]
Android:MTK-BZ [Trj]
Android:MTK-BQ [Trj]
Android:MTK-BE [Trj]
Android:Fakeapp-R [Trj]
Android:SMSSend-DC [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-CW [Trj]
Android:Agent-HM [Trj]
Android:Stiniter-H [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-AEO [Trj]
Android:Kiser-P [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-TQ [Trj]
Android:SMSReq-EQ [Trj]
Android:JiFake-CC [Trj]
Android:Agent-QZ [Trj]
Android:JSMSHider-BH [Trj]
Android:FakeInst-FO [Trj]
Android:Agent-QV [Trj]
Android:SMSSend-DW [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-IW [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-XI [Trj]
Android:Agent-DP [Trj]
Android:DoubleDip-G [Trj]
Android:GinMaster-ABD [Trj]
I see the same entries for JetPack Joyride and the McDonald's app (but with
a lot more trojans listed.
Since yesterday, those apps are gone. If they have been uninstalled, moved to some vault or physically deleted I don't know (hence my original question) but they are no longer in my list of installed apps and Play Store says there not installed either.
So in short,
no I have not given AVAST or anything else permission to uninstall these apps. And yet they are gone.
So my original question stands. What does Avast do with apps it considers "infected"? Are they moved to a vault, deleted or uninstalled?