This malware has been installed on Android 10 million times

clearly The Google Play Store is not the place to download apps at will. Sure, most of the options offered are completely secure, but too many malicious apps are sneaking under the radar. One week after updating about recent epidemics News is coming another A batch of apps found to carry malware — and this bunch has been downloaded nearly 10 times One million Collectively, it can infect millions of Android devices. If you downloaded any of them, please delete them immediately.

According to Bleeping Computer, Dr. Malware designed to first report these specific malicious apps, subscribe victims to paid services, break into social media accounts, and serve fraudulent ads. Identified 28 apps on the Play Store, including. Malware apps often rake in hundreds of thousands of victims, but this latest group is relatively much more “successful”, recording millions of millions of downloads. I am.

The “best” malware is clever and cunning, and this batch of malicious programs is no exception. When I first open one of them after installation, I always get a popup asking for permission to run in the background. If you tap “Allow”, the app will be excluded from the battery saver and will continue to run even if you close the app. To hide the ID, remove the icon from the smartphone app launcher or replace it with the system icon. Joker (Joker (Discussed earlier) Try to trick you into subscribing to premium services without your knowledge.

Google has already scrubbed most of these apps from the Play Store, but there are still two left at the time of publication. YPC Dev’s “Water Reminder- Tracker & Reminder” and ALHASSAN’s “Yoga-For Beginner to Advanced”. 100,000 downloads. When Bleeping Computer released their work, “Neon Theme Keyboard” was also live and the name was downloaded over a million times.

Below is a complete list of identified malicious apps. If you have any of the following installed on your Android, uninstall it immediately.

• 4K wallpaper autochanger
• Callskin-Caller’s Theme
• CallMe Phone Themes
• Caller’s theme
• Caller’s theme
• Cashe Cleaner
• Emoji keyboard: stickers and GIFs
• Fancy charging
• FastCleaner: Cache cleaner
• Funny caller
• Funny wallpapers-live screen
• InCall: Contact background
• MyCall-Personalize your call
• Neon Theme-Android Keyboard
• Neon theme keyboard
• NewScrean: 4D wallpaper
• Notes-Reminders and Lists
• Photo & Exif Editor
• Photo Editor & Background Eraser
• Photo Editor-Design Maker
• Photo Editor-Filter effect
• Photo Editor: Blur image
• Photo Editor: Cut and Paste
• Photo Editor: Art Filter
• Photo Editor: Beauty Filter
• Photo Editor: Retouch & Cutout
• Photo filters and effects
• Stock wallpapers & backgrounds

How to protect yourself from malware on Android

There’s no warning from Google that the app looks malicious, but there are some signs you should be aware of to avoid falling into a trap.

To get started, take a closer look at the app’s Play Store page. Is everything spelled correctly or well written? Make sure the preview image is of high quality and actually promote the features of your app. You should also skim through the reviews and pay attention to the overall star rating of the app. If you have a series of bad reviews, or five-star reviews that look fake, it’s a big red flag.

The aforementioned “Neon Keyboard” app had 1 million installations and was rated 1.8 stars overall. According to one review, “This app” killed “my phone. It kept crashing, I couldn’t even enter the password to unlock the phone and uninstall it. Eventually, I had to do a complete wipeout (factory reset) to get the phone back. Don’t install this app !!!! “That’s what they call the red flag right there.

Another tip is to check the permissions of the app in question. If your app requires access to unnecessary parts of your Android device, that’s a bad sign. The keyboard app does not require access to your location, camera, microphone or contacts.

In general, make it a habit not to download suspicious apps right away.Only if you take the time to read the Play Store page and are confident that everything is checked out[インストール]Please tap.

[BleepingComputer]