Google Play Store continues to host malicious applications that pose a threat to Android users despite all precautions and eliminations. In this sense, Kaspersky detected 7 malicious applications in its general scan for the Play Store.
Play Store continues to host malicious Android apps
Google Play Store continues to host malicious Android apps despite all precautions. In this sense, Kasperky has detected 7 new malicious applications in a report it has published and submitted to Google.
Google Play Store immediately removed these apps from the app market after the Kasperky report. However, there are Android devices that still have the apps installed. It turns out that these 7 apps contain the Joker malware, which is a kind of trojan horse. Accordingly, the Joker settles on your phone like a trojan horse and leaves open doors.
Google Play Strore continues to host malicious Android apps
Here are 7 malicious Android apps removed by Google Play Store:
- Now QRcode Scan
- EmojiOne Keyboard
- Battery Charging Animations Battery Wallpaper
- Dazzling Keyboard
- Volume Booster Louder Sound Equalizer
- Super Hero-Effect
- Classic Emoji Keyboard
Since its inception, Android has sought to be a freer platform with less bureaucracy for app developers, unlike iOS. However, this freedom environment also creates a shelter for malicious Android applications. Although Google has started to eliminate such malicious applications more frequently in recent years, new threats continue to emerge.
The best way to avoid such apps on the Google Play Store is to only install apps from trusted developers. Although the star of the app and comments matter, malicious apps try to be trustworthy with bot reviews and stars.
The Joker malware, on the other hand, is a kind of trojan horse that we have come across recently. Such software also has the ability to bypass general virus scans. General scanning, especially while installing the application, may not always detect such threats. What needs to be done here is that Android users regularly scan their phones with a reliable mobile virus program. In particular, software installed on the device in the form of a trojan horse can use your phone for different cyber crimes.
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