Why have some apps on my Ipad turned into a grey box with lines in it?

3 apps on my ipad have turned from icons into grey boxes with lines in them. When I click on them, they try updating but it doesn't complete. What's going on here? Is this some kind of virus?

Not a virus. More like a glitch. When mine did that all I needed to do was to open the apps and the icons reset.
If you won't lose any game progress or the such, you could try to delete and then redownload the apps.
If you're having issues downloading the apps, try to go into the settings, iTUnes and app store, sign out and then sign back in.
The app store has been a bit wiggy lately. I've had some issues downloading apps or updates and it's not on my end, it's on Apple's end. Which, unfortunately, means there's not much a user can do but wait for Apple to fix it.

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