NEW DELHI: The search engine giant Google has removed 13 malicious apps from the Google Play Store. The company took this step after it was notified by the security researcher Chris Dehghanpoor from Lookout that these apps made unauthorized downloads to the Android devices.
Dehghanpoor explained that these apps try to get the root privileges and when given they copy numerous device files to the system partition that remains untouched even after factory resetting the device.The researcher stated that the apps boosted high download numbers and automatically posted positive reviews on the Play store.
The list of apps removed from the Google Play store includes Honeycomb, Just Fire, Cake Blast, Crazy Block, Drag Box, Tiny Puzzle, Jump Planet, Ninja Hook, Piggy Jump, Eat Bubble, Hit Planet, Cake Tower, and Crazy Jelly.
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