1y ago

Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs

www.bleepingcomputer.com Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs

Several malicious Google Play Android apps installed over 2 million times push intrusive ads to users while concealing their presence on the infected devices.

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Lee Duna @lemmy.nz

1y ago

Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs

www.bleepingcomputer.com /news/security/android-adware-apps-on-google-play-amass-two-million-installs/

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Google's own apps are adware. Gmail injects ads that look like unread email into your inbox to try to trick you into clicking them.
- Outlook too.
  
  The Android app?
  
  Yep, it does the same things, insert ads that looks like unread emal.
  
  Outlook the program does no such thing.
  
  https://i.postimg.cc/C5yCTBx4/Screenshot-20231102-102441.png
- I was gonna say, what even is "adware" in an ecosystem where every app ships annoying or intrusive ads?
  Similarly, what is a "trojan" when those ads submit your data, too? None of this is in the interest of the user...

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