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White Ops, a security company, detected malicious apps on the Play Store and reported them to Google. They suggested that these apps be cleared from the Play Store immediately.
These apps were mostly beauty and camera apps. Once installed, they flooded the victims screen with tons of ads and often redirects to many websites. Some of them even prevent users from uninstalling them. They did so by hiding the app icon from the home screen.
Why You Should Take Action Now
Users run the risk of falling victim to such serious threats as identify theft, password and codes theft or a hacker taking full control of one’s device and having access to all accounts you are logged into (e.g. Facebook, email accounts). To prevent the loss of valuable stuff on your phone (i.e photos, documents, etc) or access to sensitive information, these apps must leave your phone now!
The List
Here is the full list of the apps that have been taken off the Play Store (in alphabetical order)
- Art Beauty Camera-2019
- Beauty & Filters Camera
- Beauty Camera & Photo Editor Pro
- Beauty Camera Selfie Filter
- Beauty Collage Lite
- Benbu Selife Beauty Camera
- Best Selfie Beauty Camera
- Catoon Photo Editor & Selfie Beauty Camera
- Ele Beauty Camera
- Elegant Beauty Cam-2019
- First Selife Beauty Camera & Photo Editor
- Flower Beauty Camera
- Fog Selife Beauty Camera
- Funny Sweet Beauty Camera
- Gaty Beauty Camera
- Grass Beauty Camera
- Landy Selfie Beauty Camera
- Lite Beauty Camera
- Little Bee Beauty Camera
- Mood Photo Editor & Selife Beauty Camera
- Nut Selfie Camera
- Orange Camera
- Pand Selife Beauty Camera
- Photo Collage & Beauty Camera
- Pinut Selife Beauty Camera & Photo Editor
- Pro Selfie Beauty Camera
- Rose Photo Editor & Selfie Beauty Camera
- Selfie Beauty Camera & Funny Filters
- Selife Beauty Camera & Photo Editor
- Selfie Beauty Camera Pro
- Solu Camera
- Sun Pro Beauty Camera
- Sunny Beauty Camera
- Vanu Selife Beauty Camera
- Yoroko Camera
If your phone is constantly bombarded with adverts that take over your screen, this might be as a result of a malicious app you have installed without realizing. In such a case, try to remember when the problem started, then check from the Play Store the apps u installed just before it started. These apps are likely to be the cause of the annoying problem.
