It does not fail, every 2-3 weeks a case of malicious applications appears on Google Play. Despite Google’s insistent projects to eliminate malware, it is still present. The Bitdefender company has launched an analysis in which it puts Google Play in the spotlight. The security of the app is compromised due to 35 malicious applications that contain software prohibited in the store’s policies. And they are still available!
The objective of this article is for you to know which are the affected applications so that, if you have any installed, you can delete them as soon as possible. We must also warn you: Google Play is not 100% secure and dozens of apps break its barriers every month.
35 apps that you should delete from your Android mobile
Bitdefender’s list includes more than thirty Android applications that are still available on Google Play. They all include malicious software and have broken Google’s policies to publish in the Play Store. Nobody knows how, but what they are capable of.
The objective of these 35 apps is to show more advertising than normal on your mobile. This would not be too much of a problem were it not for the fact that its advertisements are tied to downloading malware from an external source.
These are some of the 35 applications affected by this software:
- Walls light – Wallpapers Pack
- Big Emoji – Keyboard 5.0
- Grand Wallpapers – 3D Backdrops 2.0
- Engine Wallpapers
- Stock Wallpapers
- EffectMania – Photo Editor 2.0
- Art Filter – Deep Photoeffect 2.0
- Fast Emoji Keyboard APK
- Create Sticker for WhatsApp 2.0
- Math Solver – Camera Helper 2.0
- Photopix Effects – Art Filter 2.0
- Led Theme – Colorful Keyboard 2.0
- Animated Sticker Master 1.0
- Sleep Sounds 1.0
- Personality Charging Show 1.0
- Image Warp Camera
- GPS Location Finder
These 17 apps have over 100,000 downloads , making them popular enough to have been installed by users all over the world. If you have any of them on your mobile, it is highly recommended that you delete them as soon as possible.
Google Play is not as secure as you expect
The same thing has been repeated for years: downloading APKs is insecure and downloading apps from Google Play is not. It is the truth, because the number of malicious apps on Google Play is very small. Even so, every time you download a new app it is advisable to take a look at reviews and the number of downloads.
At this time they have not been discovered, but we are sure that there are hundreds – or even thousands – of apps with malicious software floating around Google Play without anyone knowing. Do not trust 100% Google Play.
