13 malicious apps removed from the play store

Occasionally we find that some malicious applications sneak into the Play Store. This is something that has happened again this time. A total of 13 applications have been removed by Google. All of them were posing as games in the official Android application store. An estimated 580, 000 times have been installed on user phones.

13 malicious apps removed from the Play Store

The games that were actually malicious applications are the ones you can see in the photo below. If any of you have it installed on your Android phone, you should remove it as soon as possible. These apps can access users' private data.

Malicious apps on the Play Store

The number of malicious applications has been significantly reduced in the Play Store. Last year was a bad year for Android security, with many applications causing security problems. But Google has taken various security measures, such as Play Protect. And it seems that they are working better, because the cases of this type of apps have been reduced.

Although from time to time we still find some that have managed to sneak into the store. Last year alone, Google removed 700, 000 malicious applications from the official store. A huge number, which shows the problems in the store.

As we have already said, users who have downloaded any of these games from the Play Store should delete them as soon as possible. In addition to taking measures, such as changing passwords to prevent access without our permission.

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