Android Warns Users From Downloading Suspicious Apps

Android users are being warn and advised to be cautious of downloading suspicious apps which contain virus. Numerous apps on the official Google Play store appear to have contained hidden code that made malicious ads pop up.

One of the apps that made example was the Durak card game among other titles. Durak – had been downloaded up to 10 million times, according to Google Play’s own counter. Google has suspended access.

Although this is a relief, one expert noted that the problem might be less widespread than feared. So users must stay cautious at all times.

Avast said that it first became aware of the issue after a member of the public contacted it after carrying out his own investigation into how his Nexus 5 smartphone had come to be infected with malicious code.The “adware” was causing spurious pop-up messages to appear that had been made to look like system notifications. These told him his phone was running “slow” and that he needed to install new software to fix the problem.