Google has removed a total of 30 applications from the Google PlayStore citing malware threats and stating that these apps were pushing unwanted ads and redirecting users to random websites without even clicking on a link.
These applications are some of the most popular ones on the PlayStore, however, due to their malicious nature users have been advised to remove them.
Security researchers at WhiteOps have issued a warning against these apps. It is estimated that more than 20 million users have already downloaded these apps on their phones.
These particular apps were specifically designed to cater to people who use beauty- and selfie-enhancing applications on their phones. Google’s security services embedded in the PlayStore identified these apps and deleted them only a few weeks after they had been rolled out.
There were also some cases reported where the users were not able to delete the app from their phones.
Here’s the list of apps that Google has banned from its platform; if you have any of them, you should delete them immediately:
- Yoroko Camera - 100k installs
- Solu Camera - 500k installs
- Lite Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Beauty Collage Lite -500k installs
- Beauty & Filters Camera - 1 million installs
- Photo Collage &Beauty Camera - 100k installs
- Beauty Camera Selfie Filter - 10k installs
- Gaty Beauty Camera - 500k installs
- Pand Selfie Beauty Camera- 50k installs
- Caoon Photo Editor& Selfie Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Benbu Selfie Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Pinut Selfie Beauty Camera & Photo Editor - 1 million installs
- Mood Photo Editor& Selfie Beauty Camera - 500k installs
- Rose Photo Editor & Selfie Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Selife Beauty Camera & Photo Editor - 100k installs
- Fog Selfie Beauty Camera - 100k installs
- First Selife Beauty Camera & Photo Editor - 500k installs
- Vanu Selfie Beauty Camera - 100k installs
- Sun Pro Beauty Cameraa - 1 million installs
- Funny Sweet Beauty Camera - 500k installs
- Little Bee Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Beauty Camera &Photo Editor Pro - 1 million installs
- Grass Beauty Camera -1 million installs
- Ele Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Flower Beauty Camera - 100k installs
- Best Selfie Beauty Camera - 1 million installs
- Orange Camera - 500k installs
- Sunny Beauty Camera -1 million installs
- Pro Selfie Beauty Camera - 500k installs
- Selfie Beauty Camera Pro - 1 million installs
- Elegant Beauty Cam-2019 - 50k installs
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