O Google banned 7 Android apps from the Playstore. However, many people have already downloaded them and they must act quickly and ban these apps from their phones as well or risk a Joker Trojan attack.
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Because of the 'Trojan' Joker malware present in them, Google has removed these 7 apps from the Play Store. Tatyana Shishkova, a malware analyst at security firm Kaspersky, discovered that these apps were infected with the 'Trojan' Joker malware.
These Android apps can affect your phone's security and sign you up for expensive subscription services without your knowledge. By the time you realize it, you've already lost a large amount of money.
Joker malware was first spotted in 2019 and has become a common choice for criminals hackers hack Android users' phone and steal their money through hacking based channels. signature.
Even this dangerous malware is hard to detect by Google's security systems unless the Android users realize something is wrong and cancel unwanted subscriptions they don't care about. signed up.
Some of the recently blocked apps include EmojiOne Keyboard and Now QRcode Scan with more than 50,000 and 10,000 installs respectively.
The Google Play Store has already removed these apps, but that doesn't mean they still don't affect your device and don't sign up for fraudulent subscription services that are none of your business. interest. If you missed alerts about these apps, be aware and uninstall them immediately.
Android apps you need to delete ASAP
1. Now QRcode Scan (over 10,000 installs)
2. EmojiOne Keyboard (over 50,000 installs)
3. Battery Charging Animations Battery Wallpaper (over 1,000 installations)
4. Dazzling Keyboard (more than 10 installations)
5. Volume Booster Louder Sound Equalizer (over 100 installations)
6. Super Hero-Effect (more than 5,000 installations)
7. Classic Emoji Keyboard (more than 5,000 installations)
The best way to protect your device from malware is to not download apps from unknown developers and avoid apps with lower downloads and reviews. As the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”.
Do not download an application whose description contains spelling and grammatical errors.
If you find any apps on your phone that you haven't downloaded, delete them immediately.
If there are any apps on your phone that you haven't used in 6 months, do a general cleanup and delete them immediately.
You can also subscribe to an antivirus service to protect your device from malware attacks. Some of the antivirus protection app services for cyber security could be Avast and AVG.