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Millions of People Have Downloaded These Infected Apps – Check Your Devices Now

By iPad Pete 4 Comments

Please forward this important blog post to any friends who have Android Phones!

And, if you have any of the 35 apps listed below on your phone, you should delete them immediately. These malicious apps are stealing personal information and displaying unwanted ads.

The apps are spread among various popular categories and use several stealth methods to avoid being identified.

According to Bitdefender, these are the apps to look out for:

Animated Sticker Master

Art Filter – Deep Photoeffect

Art Girls Wallpaper HD

Big Emoji – Keyboard

Cat Simulator

Colorize Old Photo

Colorize Photos

Create Sticker for Whatsapp

EffectMania – Photo Editor

Engine Wallpapers – Live & 3D

Fast Emoji Keyboard

Girls Art Wallpaper

Grad Wallpapers – 3D Backdrops

Image Warp Camera

Keyboard – Fun Emoji, Sticker

Led Theme – Colorful Keyboard

Math Solver – Camera Helper

Media Volume Slider

My GPS Location

Personality Charging Show

Photopix Effects – Art Filter

QR Creator

Secret Astrology

Secret Horoscope

Sleep Sounds

Smart GPS Location

Smart QR Scanner

Smart QR Creator

Smart Wifi

Stock Wallpapers – 4K & HD

Volume Control

Walls light – Wallpapers Pack

Tips to Prevent Malware

Keep your device updated at all times.

Updating your Android device and apps is an easy way to keep them secure. Android and app updates usually add new features but can also fix bugs and security vulnerabilities.

Only use the official Google Store

Only install apps that you downloaded from the Google App Store. This way, you have a better chance of knowing that the app is safe and has not been infected with malware. But, like in the above apps, malware sometimes slips through into the Google Store.

Check Reviews

You can check app reviews to see if other people have had problems with the app before you install it on your device. If there is a problem with the app, you will hopefully be able to find out about it from the reviews.

Don’t Root Your Device

Rooting is the process of going around the restrictions that carriers put on Android devices and taking full control of your device. With a rooted device, you can install apps and tweaks that aren’t authorized, but you also remove the protections that Android has built in. So, rooting your device can put it in danger.

So, if you have any of the apps above on your device, delete them now. And, be extra careful when downloading new apps in the future.

And, please forward this blog post to your friends and family who have any Android devices.

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  1. Vincenzo says

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    Thanks

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  2. Mary Orta says

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    Thank you I have enjoyed your column for Four years and continuing, there were so many things I did not know thank you for sharing

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  3. DANIEL D. says

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    Still reading and applying your advise…very good stuff…
    How can i off load picture from my I-PHONE TO MY PC…

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  4. Geraldine Callaghan says

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    ITgank you for your advice

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