Gooligan is a malware that affects android os phones particularly V4 &5. This malware was reported first mid of 2016. This malware steals the authentication tokens of your google accounts such as drive, mail etc and installs adwares which inturn generates revenue for the installed apps.
More Details:https://plus.google.com/+AdrianLudwig/posts/GXzJ8vaAFsi
List of Apps installed by Gooligan: http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/11/30/1-million-google-accounts-breached-gooligan/
Check here if your account is being compromised
https://gooligan.checkpoint.com/
If you find your account is compromised then it would be safe to do a clean install of the OS on your phone, a factory reset on your phone wont get you that far. Also change passwords immediately of your google accounts. Gooligan does not access user data nor modifies OS/ system files.
Use Google Play Store to download apps and be careful while installing apps from 3rd party websites.
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