As India has banned 59 Chinese Apps and the Indian Army has banned 89 apps Google too has joined the list. The tech giant has banned 25 apps on it popular Android Playstore. The reason that it has given for the ban is something which is quite common these days. The security concerns of the users.
Google says these apps have possible security concerns and an overload of advertisements that affect users. The banned apps vary from being video editing applications, wallpaper applications to gaming applications, and file managers. This ban comes after Google banned 50 apps last month.
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The reason for banning those 50 apps was also the same. Google says that these apps carry malware that can infiltrate the user’s device. These apps have a hidden code inside them which is automatically activated and can start stealing personal data. The recent list of 25 apps that are banned includes:
- Super Wallpapers Flashlight
- Padenatef
- Wallpaper Level
- Contour level wallpaper
- Iplayer & iwallpaper
- Video maker
- Color Wallpapers
- Pedometer
- Powerful Flashlight
- Super Bright Flashlight
- Super Flashlight
- Solitaire
- Accurate scanning of QR code
- Classic card game
- Junk file cleaning
- Synthetic Z
- File Manager
- Composite Z
- Screenshot capture
- Daily Horoscope Wallpapers
- Wuxia Reader
- Plus Weather
- Anime Live Wallpaper
- iHealth step counter
- Com.tyapp.fiction
Google has warned the users who have still not installed the apps to do it with immediate effect. The French cyber firm Evina exposed how hackers have reportedly stolen personal details and credentials of Facebook users using the malware in the app.
