This information was confirmed a few days ago by Google, a company that has already taken action on the matter to one more example of a recurring problem in all application stores.
The apps in question came from a developer identified as Mobile apps Grup and were made available to users under the following names: Bluetooth Auto Connect, Bluetooth App Sender, Mobile transfer: smart switch, and Driver: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB .
It is important to mention that the Bluetooth Auto Connect app alone recorded more than a million downloads and had been in Google Play for at least two years.
Before the report, through a statement from a spokesperson to ZDNET, Google confirmed the existence of these apps, while confirming that measures had already been taken in the face of what, obviously, is a risk to the security of users.“The applications identified in the report are no longer available on Google Play and the developer of these apps has been banned” from the platform, the spokesperson explained.
After the Google alert, what is the risk?
It is important to mention that despite these measures taken by Google, the risk remains for users who have downloaded any of these apps.
According to the researchers, the apps now removed from Google Play were difficult to identify since the pop-ups with malicious links start appearing days after the download was made.
It is worth mentioning that these pop-ups will open even when you are not actively using the phone, as they are capable of running in the background.
Thus, the recommendation is to uninstall these apps to eliminate malware from the Android device and clean the cache as well as its history to avoid greater risks of phishing, for example.
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