The Google Play Store is the official contact point for Android apps and houses apps from millions of manufacturers.Among them are not only useful applications, but also spam apps that infect smartphones with unpleasant companions.The security company Trend Micro has now identified a large amount of apps, the adware on the user smartphone.So intrusive advertising is displayed on the cell phone, users can no longer accept calls or use other apps.Sometimes the apps even bring advertising to the lock screen.
85 apps of different manufacturers are affected and have now been removed from the Play Store by Google.So far, these have been downloaded more than eight million times.With the download of the app, a plug-in was installed on the cell phone, with which advertising was locked onto your Android system.In addition, the app icons were manipulated in many cases to make uninstalling difficult.The adware mostly hid into game or photo apps.
If you have discovered such advertisements on your smartphone, you should check your apps and delete all the suspect as soon as possible.We show you which steps you should take now and why these apps are so perfidious.
