Report reaching us is the removal of 29 apps from Google play store which was spotted stealing users data. Surprisedly, all this apps are Beauty Camera related apps, which many of them have millions of downloads. The method being used by this app is the sending of pornographic pop-up or notification to users and redirect them once they Clicked on it to phishing website to steal their information by asking for their names and numbers.
Max users of this apps are the Asian (India particularly). Luckily, this apps have been removed by Google from the Play Store in other to stop many people not to fall victim. Based on the report gotten from Trend Micro, user downloading one of these apps will not immediately suspect that there is anything amiss, until they decide to delete the app.
This app will now push several full-screen ads when users unlock their devices, including malicious ads (such as fraudulent content and pornography) that will pop up via the user’s browser. Below is the list of those apps.
List Of Deleted Beauty Camera App
- Pro Camera Beauty
- Cartoon Art Photo
- Emoji Camera
- Artistic effect Filter
- Art Editor
- Beauty Camera
- Selfie Camera Pro
- Horizon Beauty Camera
- Super Camera
- Art Effects for Photo
- Awesome Cartoon Art
- Art Filter Photo
- Art Filter Photo Effcts
- Cartoon Effect
- Art Effect
- Photo Editor
- Wallpapers HD
- Magic Art Filter Photo Editor
- Fill Art Photo Editor
- ArtFlipPhotoEditing
- Art Filter
- Cartoon Art Photo
- Prizma Photo Effect
- Cartoon Art Photo Filter
- Art Filter Photo Editor
- Pixture
- Art Effect
- Photo Art Effect
- Photo Filter
However, None of these apps gave any indication that they were the ones behind the ads, thus users might find it difficult to determine where they’re coming from.
Google have did the needful by deleting this apps from play Store, all you can do now is to quickly access your phone to know if you have any of the above listed apps installed in your phone, and uninstall it ASAP. Without being told, this apps can simply be found on fake life people smartphones lolz.
