20 million users were affected by it.. 16 apps for Android users that Google invites you to delete immediately
Millions of Android users need to double-check their phones for more than 10 dangerous applications that have been blocked from the Google Store (Google play).
A report for the Express website states that more than 20 million Android users downloaded 16 applications from the Google Store, which were secretly hiding malware.
More than 20 million Android users downloaded 16 apps from the Google Play Store that were secretly hiding malware
Popular applications-only one of which has been downloaded more than 10 million times - have been loaded with a new malware series called "clicker", used by online fraudsters to obtain illegal advertising revenue.
Security experts at McAfee company specializing in Information Security discovered this new error, and informed Google of their findings, as Google later deleted the applications from the "Play"Store.
However, if you download any of them before Google removes them, they will still be on your device, and this means that it is necessary for any user to immediately delete these dangerous applications
Effects and harms
The impact of these programs will appear on the devices of those who do not delete them, due to the work of these malicious programs in the background.
As this can lead to a decrease in performance along with faster-than-usual battery drain, overheating of the device, in addition to consuming large amounts of monthly mobile data.
Speaking about the new Android threat, McAfee said in a blog post: "McAfee's research team recently identified a new malicious clicker program that infiltrated Google Play.
Google has deleted applications from the "Play"Store
In total, 16 apps previously on Google Play have been confirmed to contain malware, with 20 million presumed users.
The most popular applications containing the malicious clicker program were: "high - Speed camera" with more than 10 million downloads,"dxclean" with more than 5 million downloads, and"flash Lite" with more than one million users.
And anyone who downloaded the dexcline application will be faced with great disappointment, as the application claimed that it was intended to help improve the phone's performance and block annoying ads, but it did exactly the opposite.
And the affected users could not detect the threat, because the malware made great efforts to ensure that users did not pay attention to programs running in the background. The malicious program will not start working in the first hour after installing the hacked application.
The program delays the startup of malicious software when the user is actively working on his Android device.
And you can get acquainted with the list of malicious programs via THIS LINK.