Google Play Store: here the 11 most dangerous applications to download, they infect you in less than 5 minutes, details
In this article we are going to talk about a virus that operates in the Android Google Play Store. For once, it’s not Covid-19, but a computer virus. This can be, in another measure, very restrictive as it can cripple your phone, steal your personal information and even your money.
The development of digital technology in general has made our lives much easier, that’s for sure. Unfortunately, it also brought other problems. No system is perfect. Thus, cyber attacks are becoming more and more numerous. Be careful with any email, SMS, website, app.
Thousands of apps will disappear from the Google Play Store!
Google will remove apps from the store that don’t update to the latest APIs.
It will be necessary at least, before November 1, to agree with Android 11, to continue being in the Play Store. pic.twitter.com/zdQiBYExPM
— Videogames Gameblog (@Gameblog) April 9, 2022
Nothing is safe anymore. The Google Play store, which allows you to download applications, is again affected by viruses or, more precisely, malware. To protect users, Google has removed a dozen apps from its Android store. We present the blacklist proposed by the researchers.
11 apps to urgently remove from your smartphone!
First, do you know the difference between a computer virus and malware? In fact, these two terms do not mean exactly the same thing.
Simply put, a virus represents a single type of malware. Malware represents a whole group of malicious software.
These can therefore be much more dangerous than the first. For example, malware can be a computer virus, a worm, a Trojan horse, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware…
Therefore, it is urgent to protect yourself and review the Android applications that you have recently downloaded…
Computer security researchers, a job with a future!
⛔️ Urgently Uninstall These 11 Google Play Store Apps That Are Siphoning Your #data !
🔴Speed Camera Radar
Al-Moazin light
🔴WiFi mouse
QR and barcode scanner
Simple clock and weather widget
360 smart kit
🔴Languages and audio translation
.. https://t.co/PXrTpFGJZe— Fabienne Billat (@fadouce) April 11, 2022
In fact, computer security researchers have flagged several apps from the Google Play Store.
The phenomenon has become so recurrent that they have a lot of work to do.
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In fact, he doesn’t Approve not a week without getting their hands on malware in the Google Store.
For example, they had found fake antivirus capable of stealing money from users. Or malware that could steal cryptocurrencies.
Finally, a virus could also use the microphone of a mobile phone without the users’ knowledge. These types of issues should not be taken lightly as they can go a long way.
For malware of the day, it was the experts at AppCensus who found it. So here is the list of 11 malicious apps that will not absolutely essential Do not download or urgently delete from your smartphone.
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- speed camera radar
- Al-Moazin Lite
- Souris Wi-Fi
- Barcode and QR scanner
- Qibla Compass – Ramadan 2022
- Simple clock and weather widget
- Handcent Next SMS-Text with MMS
- 360 Smart Kit
- Al Quran MP3 – 50 reciters and audio translation
- Full Quran MP3 – 50 Languages & Audio Translation
- Audiosdroid DAW Audio Studio
Malware steals all your personal data
This list includes a variety of apps, such as weather apps, QR code readers, and others that allow you to control your PC remotely.
In the list, there are also prayer apps for Muslims. These rogue apps are no longer part of the Play Store as the malware they host is capable of stealing your private information. Whether it’s phone numbers, email addresses, passwords, voicemail conversations, or even GPS travel history.
Google Play Store: developers will no longer be able to check the presence of other applications on your smartphone https://t.co/Bt7rkujNXi
— Fabien SEO ✳️ (@fabienr34) April 11, 2022
60 million potential victims of these applications
The scariest thing about this malware business is that users are Many. In fact, these apps have been downloaded more than 60 million times.
Additionally, the code was developed by a Panamanian company called Measurement Systems. This company is specialized in the collection of statistical data and would have paid the creators of these applications to integrate their code into their software.
In addition, this company is a subsidiary of Vostrom, which is in turn a subcontractor of the US security services. A beautiful spider web in short! When the WSJ medium wanted to know more and asked for an interview with the company, strangely it was dissolved… Some applications have already changed their code and returned to the Google Play Store.