Viruses have been discovered in the code of many applications available on the Play Store. Their goal is to steal money and data from infected users.
Despite the security procedures put in place by Google, the Play Store is not immune to malware. DR Web security experts have identified infected applications during the month of December 2022. An increase of some malware that pushes to be more and more careful.
These viruses especially aim to suck your personal data, as is the case with FakeApp, but others charge a high price for a non-existent service. Finally, some malware like Joker simply intends to extort money from you since once installed, it will go to a web page and sign up for a paid service by intercepting your confirmation SMS to validate the payment. Others mainly try to display advertisements on your mobile screen, ruining your life while filling the pockets of scammers with advertising revenue. Here is the list of apps to quickly uninstall if you find them on your device.
- Big decisions
- PDF document scanner
- FITSTAR
- Jewel Sea
- King Blitz
- lucky clover
- Lux Fruit Games
- Lucky habit: health tracker
- Hammer of fortune
- Lucky Step-Walking Tracker
- Gold hunt
- reflector
- SecureVPN
- SEARCH FOR
- Seven Golden Wolves Blackjack
- Smart night clock
- Smart screen mirroring
- Unlimited score
- Joy on foot
- The time of wonders
You will also need to check your credit card statements and bills from your carrier to make sure no payments have been posted and no subscriptions have been taken.
Source: 01net
This article was taken from the Univers FreeBox website
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