Windows 10: Malicious lifestyle apps found on Google Play store

Brink · Apr 23, 2019

A total of 50 malicious apps have managed to bypass Google's security checks and land on the Google Play store, leading to millions of installs on Android devices.

It was only last week that researchers from Check Point uncovered a total of six apps laden with the PreAMo ad fraud malware on Google Play which had been installed 90 million times.

Now, the cybersecurity team from Avast have found a further 50 apps relating to lifestyle services which masquerade as legitimate software but are actually adware, and these malicious apps have been downloaded a total of 30 million times.

On Tuesday, Avast published a report on the discovery, in which the apps are linked to each other through third-party libraries that "bypass the background service restrictions present in newer Android versions."

"Although the bypassing itself is not explicitly forbidden on the Play Store, Avast detects it as Android:Agent-SEB [PUP], because apps using these libraries waste the user's battery and make the device slower," the researchers say. "The applications use the libraries to continuously display more and more ads to the user, going against Play Store rules."
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MCCshreyas · Apr 23, 2019

where are apps saved download from google play store

Hi Jagannathkadam

You cannot download apps from google play store on Windows Phone. There is store app on your Windows phone. Search in app list. You can only download apps through Windows store on your phone. The downloaded apps will shown up in app list.

Mindweaver · Apr 23, 2019

New DANGEROUS google play requirement

I understand that but I still think users themselves need to look at permissions lists/ToS further. I check them thoroughly (google play listing and other websites dealing with security) before I even think about downloading the app.

I just think the whole play store needs an overhaul bad. They focus way to much on making it look different every 2 months instead of actually focusing on clean apps and keeping tabs on bad developers and bad user reviews (tons of the reviews are very misleading and often times are jibberish or wrong)
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Oh yea I think so as well and yea the play store is 90% horrible apps and maybe 10% good apps.. The 10% good apps are buried in the trash. I use to browse the Google play store everyday.. But now I might look once a week. The amount of in game purchase apps is ridiculous.. I wish that feature would go the way of the dodo bird.

Ethan B. · Apr 23, 2019

Google Play Store

Hey crazy4katz,

Google Play Store, as far as apps, are only compatible with the Android platform and not with Windows 10. Alternatively, Google Play Music and Google Play Movies & TV can be run on a web browser, but they do not have their own apps (except for Google Play Music
which has an unofficial app on the Microsoft Store called gPlayer).

Here's the whole Google Play Store (most services can be easily accessible through your web browser):
https://play.google.com/store

Here's Google Play Music (web browser only):
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

Google Play Music has an unofficial music player on the Microsoft Store called gPlayer here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/gplayer...

Google Play Music & TV here:
https://play.google.com/store/movies?hl=en

Hope that helps.

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