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Google Removes 85 Popular Apps Disguised As Adware

Google has removed over 85 popular apps after Trend Micro reported them as adware. The apps which were downloaded over nine million times, in total contained a common strain of adware, as reported by ZDNet. The fraudulent Android apps, disguised as game apps, TV apps, remote control simulator apps, were available under different Google Play Store categories. According […]

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22 Fraudulent Apps With 2 Million Downloads Deleted From Play Store

According to a report by Sophos Labs, around 22 click fraud apps were deleted from the Google Play Store last month. With over 2 million downloads, the malicious apps impersonated as Apple devices to advertisers to extract a premium. The apps which had the click fraud script received instructions from a command and control server […]

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