Google takes down 85 adware Android apps on Play Store

With more than 75-percent market share, Google's Android OS runs on billions of phones around the world, but this also means this is a lucrative place for cybercriminals to prey on naive users. 

Knowing well aware of the threats, the search engine giant, over the years, has improved its screening procedure to filter malicious apps from entering the Play store. But, despite the efforts, shady actors have managed sneak in their applications into the android phones.

Trend Micro security researchers have detected 85 such bad apps on the Google Play store and have been downloaded by 8 million users. Once installed, they flood the phone with ads and also they make sure not to repeat the same brand, so that users gets get annoyed easily.

Trend Micro has confirmed that it has red-flagged those 85 apps to Google and the company has removed them from the Play store.

Though there are no reports of any serious frauds such as money siphoning or stealing of sensitive information of the Android mobile users, it is a case of breach of trust. The app creators have failed in delivering the service, as advertised and  hoodwinked people for greed to make quick bucks. 

The app developers earn a commission with each click by the user, while the latter hardly make good use of the app for intended purposes like photo editing and gaming.

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