Trojans Porn clicker still floods Google Play

The Trojans Porn clicker, the who η ESET detects as a Android / Clicker, disguise themselves into a official applications, mainly into a games. This malware family has manages to enter In the official apps for Android at least 307 times in the last seven months, so it is considered one of them bigger malware campaigns that have been made on the Play Store to date. Google Play Trojans Porn clicker

ESET discussed This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. theme of threats σthe Android platform at 25 February during the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona.

"There have been many cases of campaigns malware on Google Play, but none of them have lasted so long, nor has it achieved such a huge number of successful penetrations, "he explains. Lukas Stefanko, malware researcher of ESET, specializing in malware in Android. It WeLiveSecurity.com, the blog of ESET with security news, published one article of Stefanko with detailed information about Trojans Porn clicker, as well as an interesting one interview with additional findings and opinions.

On average, every week during the campaign 10 news Porn clickers managed to bypass Google's security controls, according to ESET's survey. Even more important is the fact that, in addition to their successful entry into the store, these ones Porn clickers they manage to find their way to users' devices, with their average number downloads to amount to 3.600.  

"These Trojans continuously displaying editions repack. The latest versions are always slightly changed and the entangled them in order to conceal their true purpose and bypass the security checks of Google"He says Stefanko.

After installation, create falseα click on ads and bring profits to their creators, depriving from advertisers and damaging The advertising campaigns. As for them , the specifica Trojans  create great volume on-line traffic, with possible negative impacts.

Friall of them Trojans Porn clicker they manage to conceal their real purpose,  the users they can to tα avoidm. "Bstock exchanges of these fake apps reflect the poor experiences of the victims, as well as negative ratings outnumber of the positive ones. The Aevaluations constitute a powerful protection and we call all users to they give attention to this", recommends ο Lukas Stefanko.

 

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