So I discovered my Kaspersky continuously opening itself in the background after I close it. It keeps doing this even after stopping it. Nothing in my phone settings nor in the app allows me to stop it from running in the background. How do I stop it from doing this?
I agree with u/bdzer0. The best way to solve your problem is to uninstall the app. It’s working as designed and doing everything it can to stay running to offer your device the most protection possible.
Stopping or turning off security controls on your device puts you at higher risk of having your compromised.
Ok but is it safe for it to run in the background while charging? Would it have some effect on the phone’s battery?
I’m not sure what problem you are trying to solve here. Mobile phones manage apps in memory by themselves. They put apps to sleep or stop them completely after a period of inactivity.