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Avast released Android applications that contain hidden adware


The famous Czech company Avast reported that after application of a member of their forum has found 3 Android applications that represent adware. It's about applications Durak, IQ Test and Application Russian history. These applications have been removed from the store by Google, but not before being downloaded millions of times.

Durak is an application that is downloaded from the largest number of users, or according to the statistics of the Play Store, it has taken between 5 and 10 million times. This is a game that after a certain period displays advertisements center notifications on Android. Ads lead to certain stores applications, applications in Play Store, as well as certain applications to detect malware.

What is interesting in the discovery applications is how to hide ads and display after a certain period. They are also made to the ads displayed after a few days of restarting the device. It makes you spend a lot of time of their installation, so users will hardly be able to be sure that the application is then that would be a problem.

Advertisements appearing in the center of notifications mainly those standard that appear when the computer is infected by some malware. They inform the user that something is wrong with the device and its recommended to download an application to be able to solve it. Of course, there is the problem, and installing other applications can only contribute to its increase.
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