Another warning for Android phone users from fraudulent applications that hit millions of phones, and of course this is not the first time Google Android devices are exposed to such risks, but the pace is increasing.
These Rogue apps can monitor your screen and push hidden ads to your phone which means making money by scammers on your account.
Apps are perfectly normal games, remote control apps, or apps to watch TV, but they’re actually an evil trick run by scammers looking for quick money at your expense.
Even worse, many applications do not even perform the function they promised, making them doubly elusive.
According to a new report by experts Trend Micro Security Trend, the number of affected by these applications to 9 million users of Android phones.
A total of 85 applications were listed in the report, all available for download on the official Google Play Store, and the legality of the store meant that shuffle applications were able to collect millions of downloads.
These apps are a kind of malware known as “adware,” which relies on ads to make money.
These ads can be annoying, occupy the entire screen and are often designed to be difficult to skip.
Ads can sometimes be hidden in the background, which can drain your phone’s battery, data, and processing power as fraudsters continue to make money on your account.
One of these applications was “Easy Remote TV Remote,” which allows you to control your TV with your smartphone, has installed this app more than 5 million times, but has found that it contains lots of ads.
In general, the applications you should delete that include these malwares are as follows:
- 3D Racing
- A/C Remote
- American Muscle Car
- Brasil TV
- BRASIL TV
- Brasil TV
- Bus Driver
- Bus Simulator Pro
- Canada TV Channels
- Canais de TV do Brasil
- Challenge Car Stunts Game 3D
- CHILE TV
- Christmas Stickers
- CIty Extremepolis
- Drift Car Racing Driving
- ESPAÑA TV
- Extreme Trucks
- FRANCE TV
- GA Player
- Garage Door Remote
- Golden Apps
- Hearts Stickers
- Idle Drift
- ITALIA TV
- Love Stickers
- Monster Truck 3D
- Moto Racing
- Movies Stickers
- Mustang Monster Truck Stunts
- Nigeria TV
- Offroad Extreme
- Parking Game
- Photo Editor Collage
- Photo Editor Love Frames
- Pirate Story
- Police Chase
- POLSKA TV
- PORTUGAL TV
- Prado Car
- Prado Car
- Prado Parking
- Prado Parking City 3D
- Prado Parking Simulator 3D
- Racing Car 3D
- Racing Car 3D Game
- Racing in Car 3D Game
- Real Drone Simulator
- Remote Control
- SOUTH AFRICA TV
- South Africa TV (com.goldapp.selfie.editor)
- South Africa TV (racingcar.game3d.champions)
- Spanish TV
Kisses Stickers - SPORT TV
- SPORT TV
- SPORT TV
- TDT España
- Televisão do Brasil
- Trump Stickers
- TV BRASIL
- TV Colombia
- TV EN ESPAÑOL (com.ankanetwork.planetatierra)
- TV EN ESPAÑOL (com.yinyang.tux)
- TV IN ENGLISH
- TV IN ENGLISH
- TV IN SPANISH
- TV LIST
- TV of the World
- TV Remote
- TV Remote
- TV Spanish
- TV WORLD
- TV World Channel
- UK TV
- Universal TV Remote
- USA TV
- USA TV
- Vietnam TV
- WORLD TV
- World Tv
- WORLD TV
- WorldTv
- Ελλάδα Τηλεόραση
- РОССИЯ ТВ
