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| Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by phonedaddy: 10:15am On Nov 27, 2018 |
GOOGLE has deleted 13 apps from its app store for Android phones – after it turned out they were scams. The apps also posed as video games, but were actually malicious fakes designed to show you ads when you unlocked your phone. Sometimes dodgy apps can sneak their way onto the Google Play Store The dodgy apps were first exposed by Lukas Stefanko, a security researcher at ESET. He spotted more than a dozen apps in the official Google Play Store, all created by a mysterious developer named Luiz Pinto. Together, the apps had been installed on Android devices more than 560,000 times. And according to Stefanko, the apps had "no legitimate functionality". A security researcher revealed the fake apps in a Twitter post The phoney games included "Truck Cargo Simulator" and "Extreme Car Driving", but none of them actually worked. Stefanko said that after launching, the app would hide itself. Then the app would download an additional APK – the file type for Android phone apps – and make the user install it. This new APK was called Game Centre, and would also hide itself. Then whenever you unlocked the device, it would display ads. This would almost certainly generate cash for the app's developer – at your expense. A Google spokesperson told The Sun that the apps had been removed from the Google Play Store. "roviding a safe and secure experience for our users is our top priority," the spokesperson explained. "We appreciate the researcher’s report and their efforts to help make Google Play more secure. "The apps violated our policies and have been removed from the Play Store." If you've downloaded any of the following apps, we recommend uninstalling them now: Truck Cargo Simulator Extreme Car Driving City Traffic Moto Rally Moto Cross Extreme Hyper Car Driving Simulator Extreme Car Driving Simulator Firefighter – Fire Truck Simulator Car Driving Simulator Extreme Sports Car Driving SUV 4x4 Driving Simulator Luxury Car Parking Luxury Cars SUV Traffic SUV City Climb Parking The easiest way to spot the apps is if they were created by Luiz O Pinto. http://www.infinix.club/ng/forum/690/847975 |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Romeo386: 11:48am On Nov 27, 2018 |
Car, car, car  I hate any driving game.  1 Like |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Nobody: 8:49pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
Romeo386: Try Need for speed 1 Like |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by wiseone28: 9:11pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
who still play games for phone? |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by GiJoe007(m): 10:05pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
All d stuffs u just mention now are baby baby games wetin concern Baby Games with HD Games |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by sway112: 10:39pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
I think say PUBG follow... Thank God!!! 1 Like |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Lucifer66(m): 10:57pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
sway112:That game is stupid. It keeps crashing, I prefer it on PC. |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by sway112: 11:22pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
Lucifer66: Oga get a better phone or reinstall it's rocking on my Redmi note 5 pro 3 Likes |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Lucifer66(m): 11:23pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
sway112:8.0 3gb ram Snap dragon processor. Not. Enough for that game? |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by czarina(f): 11:48pm On Nov 27, 2018 |
The first thing I do with all my new phones is wipe the games. Every single RAM-consuming, battery-guzzling and kids-attracting one of them! 2 Likes |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by femi4: 12:59am On Nov 28, 2018 |
They should add temple runner to the list |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Wetechshout: 2:51am On Nov 28, 2018 |
wiseone28:Help me ask them oooh |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by obinna58(m): 5:02am On Nov 28, 2018 |
Lucifer66:Woooh damn! phone should be fake |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by judajix(m): 6:32am On Nov 28, 2018 |
obinna58: Totally agree |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by sureteeboy(m): 7:40am On Nov 28, 2018 |
Lucifer66:It depends on the snapdragon processor. Is it one of those 400 series? If yes, the GPU is likely less powerful to run the game smoothly. |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Deckline(m): 9:36am On Nov 28, 2018 |
wiseone28:Try Amazing spiderman 2 or Modern combat. |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by wiseone28: 10:18am On Nov 28, 2018 |
Deckline:Have played before but not again.. |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by phonedaddy: 10:55am On Nov 28, 2018 |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Lucifer66(m): 11:52am On Nov 28, 2018 |
sureteeboy:Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 CP Seems good enough to me but the game crashes all the time. |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by pyrex23(m): 2:06pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
Lucifer66:Not good at all. Sd425 = andreno 306 Can't play it Infinix device ? |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by omocalabar(m): 2:08pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
czarina:wicked hanty |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by czarina(f): 2:33pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
omocalabar:I know right?!  |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Lucifer66(m): 2:57pm On Nov 28, 2018 |
pyrex23:Yup |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by pyrex23(m): 1:49pm On Nov 29, 2018 |
Lucifer66:Eyah Get a xiaomi |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Ennyholar: 12:11am On Nov 30, 2018 |
I had to uninstall Moto cross extreme from my Camon X Pro. |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by sway112: 10:26am On Dec 01, 2018 |
Lucifer66: Android 9 pie... 4gb ram, 64gb rom Its more than enough |
| Re: Android Warning Over 13 Popular Phone Games – Uninstall Them NOW by Lucifer66(m): 1:13pm On Dec 01, 2018 |
sway112: people play that game on 2gb ram man |
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