An official app store is said to be the safest place to download your apps from. And all of us download our apps using play store. However, scammers and hackers are now aiming play store apps to put viruses into the devices.
Researchers at cloud security company Zscaler have recently discovered more than 50 malware-infected apps in the Google Play Store. Here is list of all those malware-infected apps that have been removed from the Play store.
Apps removed from Play Store
- Simple Note Scanner — com.wuwan.pdfscan
- Universal PDF Scanner — com.unpdf.scan.read.docscanuniver
- Private Messenger — com.recollect.linkus
- Premium SMS — com.premium.put.trustsms
- Smart Messages — com.toukyoursms.timemessages
- Text Emoji SMS — messenger.itext.emoji.mesenger
- Blood Pressure Checker — com.bloodpressurechecker.tangjiang
- Funny Keyboard — com.soundly.galaxykeyboard
- Memory Silent Camera — com.silentmenory.timcamera
- Custom Themed Keyboard — com.custom.keyboardthemes.galaxiy
- Light Messages — com.lilysmspro.lighting
- Themes Photo Keyboard — com.themes.bgphotokeyboard
- Send SMS — exazth.message.send.text.sms
- Themes Chat Messenger — com.relish.messengers
- Instant Messenger — com.sbdlsms.crazymessager.mmsrec
- Cool Keyboard — com.colate.gthemekeyboard
- Fonts Emoji Keyboard — com.zemoji.fontskeyboard
- Mini PDF Scanner — com.mnscan.minipdf
- Smart SMS Messages — com.sms.mms.message.ffei.free
- Creative Emoji Keyboard — com.whiteemojis.creativekeyboard.ledsloard
- Fancy SMS — con.sms.fancy
- Fonts Emoji Keyboard — com.symbol.fonts.emojikeyboards
- Personal Message — com.crown.personalmessage
- Funny Emoji Message — com.funie.messagremo
- Magic Photo Editor — com.amagiczy.photo.editor
- Professional Messages — com.adore.attached.message
- All Photo Translator — myphotocom.allfasttranslate.transationtranslator
- Chat SMS — com.maskteslary.messages
- Smile Emoji — com.balapp.smilewall.emoji
- Wow Translator — com.imgtop.camtranslator
- All Language Translate — com.exclusivez.alltranslate
- Cool Messages — com.learningz.app.cool.messages
- Blood Pressure Diary — bloodhold.nypressure.mainheart.ratemy.mo.depulse.app.tracker.diary
- Chat Text SMS — com.echatsms.messageos
- Hi Text SMS — ismos.mmsyes.message.texthitext.bobpsms
- Emoji Theme Keyboard — com.gobacktheme.lovelyemojikeyboard
- iMessager — start.me.messager
- Text SMS — com.ptx.textsms
- Camera Translator — com.haixgoback.outsidetext.languagecameratransla
- Come Messages — com.itextsms.messagecoming
- Painting Photo Editor — com.painting.pointeditor.photo
- Rich Theme Message — com.getmanytimes.richsmsthememessenge
- Quick Talk Message — mesages.qtsms.messenger
- Advanced SMS — com.fromamsms.atadvancedmmsopp
- Professional Messenger — com.akl.smspro.messenger
- Classic Game Messenger — com.classcolor.formessenger.sic
- Style Message — com.istyle.messagesty
- Private Game Messages — com.message.game.india
- Timestamp Camera — allready.taken.photobeauty.camera.timestamp
- Social Message — com.colorsocial.message
- Vanilla Snap Camera — cam.vanilla.snapp
- Unicc QR Scanner — com.qrdscannerratedx
These are the malware-infected apps that have been removed from Google Play Store. If you have any of these apps installed on your device, delete them immediately.
These apps have employed three malware familes. And these are:
Coper
Facestealer and
Joker
Read the blog below to remove malware form smartphones.
Easy Way To Remove Malware From Mobile Phone