Delete these Android apps from your phone immediately
In June, Doctor Web's malware lab discovered over 30 adware trojans from the Android.HiddenAds family, totaling more than 9,890,000 downloads. They were all incorporated into various applications, such as picture editing software, virtual keyboards, system tools and utilities, calling apps, wallpaper collecting apps, and so on.
To display adverts, some of them seek for permission to show windows over other programmes, while others ask users to add them to the battery-saving feature's exclusion list. Furthermore, in order to make it more difficult for users to spot malicious programmes in the future, trojans conceal their icons from the list of installed apps in the home screen menu—or replace them with less prominent ones. Take, for example, the icon named “SIM Toolkit”, which when selected, launches an eponymous system app for working with SIM cards—instead of the original app.
Here are the first 28 malicious apps provided by Doctor Web. These apps push intrusive ads, steal information, break into social media accounts, download malware, intercept messages and more.
- Photo Editor: Beauty Filter — gb.artfilter.tenvarnist
- Photo Editor: Retouch & Cutout — de.nineergysh.quickarttwo
- Photo Editor: Art Filters — gb.painnt.moonlightingnine
- Photo Editor – Design Maker — gb.twentynine.redaktoridea
- Photo Editor & Background Eraser — de.photoground.twentysixshot
- Photo & Exif Editor — de.xnano.photoexifeditornine
- Photo Editor – Filters Effects — de.hitopgop.sixtyeightgx
- Photo Filters & Effects — de.sixtyonecollice.cameraroll
- Photo Editor : Blur Image — de.instgang.fiftyggfife
- Photo Editor : Cut, Paste — de.fiftyninecamera.rollredactor
- Emoji Keyboard: Stickers & GIF — gb.crazykey.sevenboard
- Neon Theme Keyboard — com.neonthemekeyboard.app
- Neon Theme – Android Keyboard — com.androidneonkeyboard.app
- Cashe Cleaner — com.cachecleanereasytool.app
- Fancy Charging — com.fancyanimatedbattery.app
- FastCleaner: Cashe Cleaner — com.fastcleanercashecleaner.app
- Call Skins – Caller Themes — com.rockskinthemes.app
- Funny Caller — com.funnycallercustomtheme.app
- CallMe Phone Themes — com.callercallwallpaper.app
- InCall: Contact Background — com.mycallcustomcallscrean.app
- MyCall – Call Personalization — com.mycallcallpersonalization.app
- Caller Theme — com.caller.theme.slow
- Caller Theme — com.callertheme.firstref
- Funny Wallpapers – Live Screen — com.funnywallpapaerslive.app
- 4K Wallpapers Auto Changer — de.andromo.ssfiftylivesixcc
- NewScrean: 4D Wallpapers — com.newscrean4dwallpapers.app
- Stock Wallpapers & Backgrounds — de.stockeighty.onewallpapers
- Notes – reminders and lists — com.notesreminderslists.app