Google bans 8 dangerous apps from Play Store; DELETE them from your phone now, check list
Monday, August 23, 2021 IST
Google has banned as many as 8 dangerous apps from its Play Store including BitFunds, Bitcoin Miner, Bitcoin,Bitcoin (BTC) and more. You must delete them from your smartphone too; check the full list.
Cryptocurrency mining has been garnering everyone's interest especially over the span of the last couple of months. However, hackers are using this public interest in cryptocurrencies to trick innocent netizens into installing malicious apps on their smartphones containing dangerous malware and adware. The good thing is that these malicious actors have been identified and Google has removed them. In fact, as many as 8 dangerous apps have been removed from Google Play Store that were masquerading as cryptocurrency mining apps - users were lured by promises of earning big profits by investing money in a cloud-mining operations.
Security firm Trend Micro reports that upon analysis it found that these eight malicious apps were tricking victims into watching ads, paying for subscription services that have an average monthly fee of $15 ( ₹1,115 approx.), and paying for increased mining capabilities without getting anything in return. The company reported its findings to Google Play, following which they were promptly removed by the company. The point is that Google may have removed them from Play Store, but these apps may well have already been downloaded on your phone. So, what you need to do is check out your phone for them and delete quickly.
Here’s a list of the 8 malicious apps that Google has removed from the Play Store:
-- BitFunds – Crypto Cloud Mining
-- Bitcoin Miner – Cloud Mining
-- Bitcoin (BTC) – Pool Mining Cloud Wallet
-- Crypto Holic – Bitcoin Cloud Mining
-- Daily Bitcoin Rewards – Cloud Based Mining System
-- Bitcoin 2021
-- MineBit Pro - Crypto Cloud Mining & btc miner
-- Ethereum (ETH) - Pool Mining Cloud
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