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8 million Android users tricked into downloading 85 adware apps from Google Play

Zack Whittaker
Updated
8 million Android users tricked into downloading 85 adware apps from Google Play

Dozens of Android adware apps disguised as photo-editing apps and games have been caught serving ads that would take over users' screens as part of a fraudulent money-making scheme. Security firm Trend Micro said it found 85 individual apps downloaded more than eight million times from Google Play — all of which have since been removed from the app store. More often than not adware apps will run on a user's device and will silently serve and click ads in the background and without the user's knowledge to generate ad revenue.

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