ESET detects more than 50 fake-app on the Play Store

Many applications from app decked best known as Dubsmash or Clash of Clabs, instead contain malware that hijacks the user to fraudulent sites.

The security firm ESET has issued a notice with which says it has identified the Trojan Android / Clicker in bogus applications that attract some of the most popular applications downloaded by the public, including dubsmash, Clash of Clans 2 Subway Surfers 2:03, Minecraft 3, Hay Day2 and various versions of Video Downloader and Downloader Manager.

The fake of Dubsmash, for example, is loaded 9 times on the Play Store in recent weeks, causing tens of thousands of infections. ESET researchers have identified 51 other fake-app, Ogun of them with more than 100,000 installations assets.

These apps once opened they do not cause immediate damage and direct (such as the theft of sensitive data or passwords) but direct you covertly to fraudulent websites with pornographic content, leading to a high level of data traffic with repercussions on the portfolio of users.

All applications have been loaded by the same developer and Android / Clicker managed to elude many times the security systems of Google. Fake applications, once installed, do not appear in the applications menu and in their place are displayed icons of other apps such as Flappy Birds Family or system applications.

Google, informed by ESET, has taken steps to remove from the Play Store applications containing fake malware and report potentially harmful ones. To avoid running into any unpleasant incidents, we recommend as usual read user reviews, always check the reliability of the original source of the app and install an anti-malware scanner on Android devices.

A complete list of fake-app identified by ESET is available from this page.