Apparently, users of the Android operating system are being notified about a list of applications that can be responsible for interfering with your device's hardware performance, as well as sucking all the life out of your device. battery.
These apps fall under the list of malicious apps as stated in one of McAfee's blog posts and belong to a kind of “clicker” of malicious advertisements, which, currently, is hidden in approximately 16 applications that appear to be Useful.
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Also according to information provided by McAfee, the applications in question exceed 20 million installations.
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However, although there is no great danger in sight, these malware-like applications are capable of causing serious damage to the handsets in order to secretly maximize the advertisements. For this reason, it is good to pay attention to this list that will be made available below.
To alert the public, researchers began to investigate which applications were making this list. Without much ado, they soon discovered the apps use a malicious clicker, responsible for absorbing fully Android device features as apps stay open in second flat.
When this happens, the malicious apps will open all the advertisements, so even the owner of the device will not realize what is happening on the phone.
See below what these applications are:
- BusanBus (com.kmshack. BusanBus)
- Currency Converter (com.smartwho. SmartCurrencyConverter)
- EzDica (com.joysoft.ezdica)
- EzNotes (com.meek.tingboard)
- Lantern+ (com.candlencom.candleprotest)
- Flashlight+ (com.dev.imagevault)
- Flashlight+ (kr.caramel.flash_plus)
- High Speed Camera (com.hantor. CozyCamera)
- Instagram profile downloader (com.schedulezero.instapp)
- Joycode (com.joysoft.barcode)
- K-Dictionary (com.joysoft.wordBook)
- Quick Note (com.movinapp.quicknote)
- Smart Task Manager (com.james. SmartTaskManager)
The other three apps not on the list have Korean titles and make up part of McAfee's roundup.
Also, even though these nasty apps have been deleted from the Play Store, they might still be active on some of the devices. In this way, it is good to review your device and see if you have any of them. If you have downloaded any of these apps on your Android device, experts advise deleting them immediately.
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