Google deleted 22 fraudulent apps with millions of downloads from Google Play store.


22 Apps have been deleted by Google from Google Play store

     Google has deleted in all 22 fraudulent apps having millions of downloads from Google Play store for being malicious after the report by Sophos Labs.

   The deleted applications were potentially dangerous and had a 'device draining backdoor'.Thus, the battery of such devices drained faster than usual after the user has installed any of the app. The app uses a computer based software in its pop up adds, which automatically clicks on the adds without the user clicking it. This costs the advertiser and also users data is being stolen.
                       

    This way of fraudulent cheating is known as "Click Fraud". This is not the first time the apps have been involving in click fraud. Before a week or a two, several popular apps including the popular device cleaning app Clean Master were found doing something similar.
   

     22 fraudulent apps with millions of downloads deleted by Google from Google Play store are as follows:-

  1.  Sparkle Flash Light
  2.  Snake Attack
  3.  Math Solver
  4.  Shape Sorter
  5.  Take A Trip
  6.  Magnifeye
  7.  Join Up
  8.  Zombie Killer
  9.  Space Rocket
  10.  Neon Pong
  11.  Just Flashlight
  12.  Table Soccer
  13.  Cliff Diver
  14.  Box Stack
  15. Jelly Slice
  16.  AK Blackjack
  17.  Color Tiles
  18.  Animal Match
  19.  Roulette Mania
  20.  HexaFall
  21.  HexaBlocks
  22.  Pair Zap
      


    Therefore, if your Android or an IOS device is having any of these fraudulent apps installed, it is good for you to uninstall those applications as soon as possible.


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