And they disappear, too!
“The Google Play store has frequent problems identifying and eliminating malicious apps.”
When clicked, the apps launch the actual options app of the phone to complete their deception successfully.
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This way, most users cannot find the actual malicious app they just installed.
The Google Play store has frequent problems identifying and eliminating malicious apps.
“Users are still better off limiting downloads to the Google Play store,” he said.
“But they need to understand that the Google approval process is not very robust.”
Bitdefender told Lifewire over email that it had informed Google about the malicious apps before it was published.
Surprisingly, as of August 18, most if not all apps were still available for download.
To avoid becoming a victim of these fraudulent apps, Bitdefender suggests carefully examining their requested permissions.
“Do not install too many apps,” said Dr. Ullrich.
“Discard apps you haven’t used in a while or do not even remember what they do.”
“Some individual app developers protect their apps in this way already,” said McGregor.
