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CAUTION: Delete these applications from your device immediately (GriftHorse Trojan)

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Today it became known that a number of dangerous and "infected" applications which were available at Play Store, have already been installed in more than 10 million Android devices, and you may simply be one of those who has them installed on your device.


ΟScams are everywhere and appear in every corner of the internet - even on the Internet Google Play Store, which has now proceeded to delete 151 apps.

Scams come in many forms - from spam to the big internet scams that become widely known from time to time and fall victim to thousands of unsuspecting users.

Today it became known that a number of dangerous and "infected" applications were available on Play Store, have already been installed in more than 10 million Android devices, and you may simply be one of those who has them installed on your device.

His so-called campaign GriftHorse, used clever techniques to avoid detection by Google Play Store for almost a year, and today we received the news that Google has moved on delete a total of 151 applications.

These Fake applications located in Google Play Store plague Android by November of 2020.

Η Avast has been reporting in recent weeks on a new scam campaign called Last SMS. According to the company, in total 151 applications were part of this SMS deception campaign.

This scam is disguised through some applications that appear as "innocent", and are usually some photo editors and camera filters, games, and even QR code scanners. But all these "innocent" applications have a hidden agenda. And this is for users to sign up without knowing it in some expensive SMS services.

So, applications like “Handy Translator Pro", the "Heart Rate and Pulse Tracker" and "Bus - Metrolis 2021”Are just some of the ones that appear as useful tools, but in the background they execute a malicious code in order to register you without knowing it in expensive SMS services, as a result of which you see your accounts swell unjustifiably.

The way of deception

Once the app is installed on an Android device, it will flood the victim with alerts prompting them to "confirm" their phone number to claim a big prize.

The infected application will load a browser that will direct the user to a page to verify its details, thus keeping the application code clean and impossible to detect as a malicious application. So the app code is clean, but the page that loads through your browser is a whole different story.

As soon as the user enters his phone number, the intruders will sign them up for a monthly recurring charge of around $ 42 via a Premium SMS service, but the money that will be extracted from you does not go to any service but directly to the fraudsters.

With a conservative estimate for already exist 10 million potential victims who have installed these applications on their devices, and the criminals managed to extract hundreds of millions of dollars through this scam.

The list of malicious Android applications

  • Ultimate 3D Keyboard Pro
  • Video Mixer Editor Pro
  • FX Animate Editor Pro
  • Battery Animation Charge 2021
  • Dynamic HD & 4K Wallpapers
  • RGB Neon HD Keyboard Background
  • AppLock X FREE
  • NewVision Camera
  • Ultra HD Camera
  • WiFi Password Unlock
  • Wi-Fi Around: All Wi-Fi and Hotspots Unlocked
  • Colorful Call Screen & Phone Flash
  • Waterdrinker Reminder
  • GT Sports Racing Online
  • Magic Fonts and Keyboards 2021
  • All Language Photo and Voice Translator Al
  • Crime City: Revenge
  • Ultra Reface
  • Projector HD / AR Video Editor
  • Live Photo Animator
  • Ludo Masterpiece Online
  • Mobile Scanner Pro: PDF Scanner App, Scan to PDF
  • Magic Mix Cut - Super Video Editor
  • Future Scanner FREE 2021
  • Pro Video Downloader 2021
  • amazeTranslate
  • Football Masters 2021
  • New Body Shape Editor
  • Call Voice Recording 2.0
  • Pro Tuber Ad Blocker for Video
  • Ultimate Fitness 2021
  • XYZ Pro Wallpaper

So if you have any of the above applications installed, delete them immediately from your device before the damage is done and subscribe to these Premium SMS services.


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