Unfortunately, the Android world is littered with dangers every day and it is obviously the users with their smartphones who can be affected. Lately the team of McAfee would have discovered new very dangerous titles, capable of containing malware without anyone realizing it.
Unfortunately, many of the titles in question are installed directly through the Google Play Store and that’s why people fall for them. In fact, everyone blindly trusts the famous market dedicated to Android smartphones, without however knowing that it can unintentionally hide pitfalls. According to what has been reported in the last few hours, in fact, there would be several titles infected which would be found in various categories.
Google removes the titles but the problem persists: Android users are in danger
Google would have already removed all the apps in question but obviously there is a problem: they are still available on the stores third parts. Evidence of the ongoing problem is the number of downloads, which in some cases would have been well over 100,000.
The applications in question are able to gain privileges within the accessibility settings, allowing attackers to to take control of the device. It is precisely at that moment that a playload which can perform actions automatically, such as clicking on ads. With this scam, many would have lost their money from credit cards.
Below is the list of the applications in question that have been removed, which unfortunately can be very dangerous:
- Essential Horoscope per Android – 100.000 download
- 3D Skin Editor for PE Minecraft – 100.000 download
- Logo Maker Pro – 100.000 download
- Auto Click Repeater – 10.000 download
- Count Easy Calorie Calculator – 10.000 download
- Sound Volume Extender – 5.000 download
- LetterLink – 1.000 download
- NUMEROLOGY: PERSONAL HOROSCOPE & NUMBER PREDICTIONS – 1.000 download
- Step Keeper: Easy Pedometer – 500 download
- Track Your Sleep – 500 download
- Sound Volume Booster – 100 download
- Astrological Navigator: Daily Horoscope & Tarot – 100 download
- Universal Calculator – 100 download.