Several Android apps containing dangerous malware were detected by McAffee. If you have these 16 apps installed on your phone, uninstall them now.

A dangerous malware has been discovered in a number of applications in the Play Store. Of course, now Google has removed these programs from its store. These applications containing malware were downloaded more than 20 million times by users. Probably, these applications are still installed on millions of devices.

The mentioned malware is a Clicker type that can take over the control of the infected phone. This malware enters various websites without the user’s knowledge.

The apps containing this malware discovered by McAffee appear to be mobile applications. Including a flashlight, calendar, camera app, note app and the like! But actually, after being installed on the device, they engage in fraudulent advertising activities. For example, visiting different sites and clicking on advertisements that bring money to the attackers.

We have listed the names and number of downloads of these applications from Google Play Store in Magentabyte. If you have already installed them on your device, remove them.

16 Android apps containing dangerous malware

High-Speed ​​Camera: More than 10 million downloads
Smart Task Manager: More than 5 million downloads
+Flashlight: more than 1 million downloads
Memo Calendar: More than 1 million downloads
K-Dictionary: More than 1 million downloads
BusanBus: More than 1 million downloads
+Flashlight: More than 500000 downloads
Quick Note: More than 500000 downloads
Currency Converter: More than 500000 downloads
Joycode: More than 100000 downloads
EzDica: More than 100000 downloads
Instagram Profile Downloader: More than 100000 downloads
Ez Notes: More than 100 thousand downloads
Flash Lite: More than 1000 downloads
Calcul: More than 100 downloads
+Flashlight: More than 100 downloads