Researchers from mobile security company Pradeo havediscovered malware buried in the Color Message appon the Google Play store.

According to Pradeo, Joker malware has been discovered in hundreds of apps over the past two years.

The brief description was also hosted on a single, unbranded blog page.

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Pradeo also highly recommends deleting the Color Message app immediately if you have it installed on your Android machine.

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