Android has again a serious problem that affects phones all over the world, and this is because we are talking about an exploitation of an older problem, which Google thought it had solved. More precisely, we are talking about the appearance in the Google Play Store of some applications that have hidden adware, and that change their icons so as not to be discovered and deleted by users in order to get rid of the problems caused by them.
Android has millions of applications in the Google Play Store that can be installed on phones, and 15 discovered by Sophos researchers contain adware that can seriously affect the smartphones used by millions of people. Immediately after installation, these applications change their icon and name, suddenly becoming Google Play Store, Backup, or other system applications that Android comes with in phones that are preinstalled by the manufacturer.
Android Phones AFFECTED by a New Very SERIOUS PROBLEM
Android is affected by these applications that run a lot of ads when they are open, but also run ads in the background on phones without the users knowing. These ads running in the background in Android on people's phones generate a very high consumption of Internet traffic, and this reduces battery autonomy because their loading requires processing power, and all without people knowing what is happening in secret.
“SophosLabs recently discovered 15 apps on the Google Play Market that engage in such practices; They generate frequent, large, intrusive ads and literally hide their app icons in the launcher to make them difficult to find and remove. Many of them go a step further by disguising themselves in the settings page of the phone app.”
Android has been affected by adware applications for a very long time, and the Google company is constantly trying to get rid of them, but it is very difficult to do it completely, because hackers are always in action. As soon as Google removes certain Android applications with adware from the Google Play Store, others appear in their place, so we are talking about a vicious circle from which only regular users have to lose, in the end.
Android has hundreds of millions of phones that can be affected by this problem because of applications that are published in the Google Play Store and installed by users without knowing what is happening, so you have to be careful.
