It is considered by many to be a mobile platform like Android, becomes an easy target hackers they add malicious applications in Play Store.
Μlast year alone, more than one million potentially malicious applications were detected Google online app store, but every now and then we have the appearance of new malicious content.
Theoretically, there are so-called applications to help you "Virus cleaning" or security-focused applications, but based on a new study, it may not always be a good idea to trust them.
From the 40 anti-virus and anti-virus applications on Google Play inspected by security experts cyber news, only two were considered clear of obvious threats for data privacy, while two others escape this analysis using a method called blackout and obviously not a good sign.
The volume and type of data monitored by each 36 applications have been found guilty of this questionable practice, they are not mentioned in detail in any way, but they make things worse, six of these same applications obviously also contain links to "potentially malicious sectors".
Having said all that, here are the apps found to track their users and contain "potential" malicious links:
- Dr. Capsule Antivirus, Cleaner
- GO Security - AntiVirus, AppLock, Booster
- Virus Hunter 2021 Virus Scanner and Phone Cleaner
- AVC Antivirus & Virus Cleaner
- Fancy Booster - Cleaner, Antivirus & Speed Up
- Phone Junk - Clean Master
And here is the painfully long list of all the massively popular Android antivirus apps that were discovered to track your data "only", sorted by the number of their trackers and therefore the apparent degree of risk:
- Nova Security - Virus Cleaner
- Antivirus, Virus Cleaner, Booster - Fancy Security
- Fancy Battery - Battery Saver, Booster, Cleaner
- Fancy Cleaner - Boost, CleanerSmart Security
- Smart Security
- Keep Clean Cleaner, Antivirus
- Safe Security - Antivirus, Booster, Phone Cleaner
- APUS Security Antivirus Master
- Antivirus One - Virus Cleaner
- FileMaster Manage & Power Clean
- Memory cleaner Speed booster and junk removal
- One Booster Antivirus and Cleaner
- Phone Security - Antivirus, Cleaner, Booster
- PoMelo File Explorer & Cleaner
- One Security Antivirus, Clean
- Phone Cleaner - Virus cleaner
- Powerful Phone Cleaner – Cleaner & Booster
- Virus Remover - security apps, booster, cooler
- smart cleaner
- Antivirus - Cleaner + VPN
- CPU Cooler - Antivirus, Clean
- Phone Cleaner, Booster, Master
- SHAREit Lite - Share and File Transfer, File Manage
- Super Clean - Master of Cleaner
- Smart Clean - Booster, Cleaner
- Antivirus And Virus Cleaner Lock
- Clean Guard Phone Cleaner
- JioSecurity Mobile Security & Antivirus
- Antivirus - Virus Cleaner
- Security Antivirus - Max Cleaner
So if you have already installed some of the above applications that appear in both lists, get rid of them as soon as possible.
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