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=== Lock screen hijacking ===
Around May 2016, ES File Explorer began incorporating DU Charge Booster into the app, hijacking the user's lockscreen. Several news and blog websites such as [[AndroidPIT]], which had once recommended the app, encouraged users to uninstall it.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpit.com/this-is-why-you-should-not-use-es-file-explorer|title=Here's why we're removing ES File Explorer from our best apps lists|website=AndroidPIT|date=26 May 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpit.com/es-file-manager-accused-of-fraud-removed-from-google-play-store|title=You should probably uninstall ES File Manager right now|website=AndroidPIT|date=29 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xda-developers.com/psa-latest-update-to-es-file-explorer-brings-adware-to-your-lockscreen/|title=PSA: Latest Update to ES File Explorer Brings Adware to Your Lockscreen|date=2016-05-10|website=xda-developers|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/10/es-file-explorer-updated-with-super-shady-speed-charging-adware/|title=ES File Explorer Updated With Super-Shady 'Charging Boost' Adware|date=2016-05-10|website=Android Police|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> It was removed later after much criticism and many bad reviews.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/25/es-file-explorer-update-removes-the-adware-charging-screen/|title=ES File Explorer Update Removes The Adware Charging Screen|date=2016-05-25|website=Android Police|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref>
=== Fire TV App Store removal ===
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ES File Explorer was removed from the [[Google Play Store]] in April 2019, along with several other apps created by DO Global (formerly DU Group).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://troypoint.com/es-file-explorer-removed-from-google-play-store/|title=ES File Explorer Removed From Google Play Store|last=Brett|date=2019-04-30|website=Do It Yourself Tech Projects for Home & Small Business|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spicestech.com/2019/04/28/es-file-explorer-removed-from-google-play-store-do-scandal/|title=ES File Explorer Removed From Google Play Store [DO Scandal]|last=Khan|first=Dawar|date=2019-04-28|website=Spices Tech|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503233618/https://www.spicestech.com/2019/04/28/es-file-explorer-removed-from-google-play-store-do-scandal/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xda-developers.com/quickpic-back-google-play-es-file-explorer-disappears/|title=QuickPic is back on Google Play Store while ES File Explorer disappears|date=2019-04-29|website=xda-developers|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-290419|title=Monday briefing: England and Wales police demand phones from rape victims|last=WIRED|date=2019-04-29|magazine=Wired UK|access-date=2019-05-03|issn=1357-0978}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/google-is-giving-the-boot-to-a-major-play-store-develop-1834364322|title=Google Is Giving the Boot to a Major Play Store Developer With More Than 600 Million Installs|last=McKay|first=Tom|website=Gizmodo|date=28 April 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-ban-play-store-do-global-baidu|title=Exclusive: Google Is Banning A Play Store Developer With More Than Half A Billion App Installs|website=BuzzFeed News|date=26 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/google-play-store-ad-fraud-du-group-baidu|title=Popular Android Apps From A Major Chinese Developer Were Caught Committing Ad Fraud|website=BuzzFeed News|date=17 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.propoid.com/security/google-deletes-es-file-manager-in-the-play-store-because-it-violates-the-privacy-of-use/|title=Google deletes ES File Manager in the Play Store because it violates the privacy of use {{!}} ProPoid|last=jihadel|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503233618/https://www.propoid.com/security/google-deletes-es-file-manager-in-the-play-store-because-it-violates-the-privacy-of-use/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/27/es-file-manager-vanishes-from-play-store-possibly-part-of-do-global-scandal/|title=ES File Manager vanishes from Play Store, possibly part of DO Global scandal|date=2019-04-27|website=Android Police|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.archyworldys.com/es-file-manager-disappears-from-the-play-store-possibly-part-of-the-do-global-scandal/|title=ES File Manager disappears from the Play Store, possibly part of the DO Global scandal|date=2019-04-27|website=Archy Worldys|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503233618/https://www.archyworldys.com/es-file-manager-disappears-from-the-play-store-possibly-part-of-the-do-global-scandal/|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074728/google-removes-46-apps-from-android-play-store-for-address-and-ad-fraud|title=Google removes 46 apps from Play Store for address and ad fraud {{!}} TheINQUIRER|date=2019-04-29|website=theinquirer.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221022331/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074728/google-removes-46-apps-from-android-play-store-for-address-and-ad-fraud|language=en|access-date=2019-05-03|url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It was reported by [[BuzzFeed News]].<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":1" />
It was claimed the company who owns ES File Explorer, DO Global, was committing 'click fraud' by clicking ads in users' apps in the background without permission.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":1" /> DO Global responded to these claims with the following:
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