New Delhi: Maxime Ingrao, a French researcher, has alerted Android smartphone owners about eight dangerous apps. While Google has happily removed these apps from the Play Store, they will remain on the cellphones of consumers who have downloaded them. APK versions of these apps are also still available on Google Play. According to Ingrao, fraudsters build many Facebook pages and run ads on Facebook and Instagram to promote the apps. Here are the names of the eight Android apps that you should remove right now.
The Coco camera software enhances photographs on your smartphone with nostalgic memories. It has over 1000 downloads.
Freeglow Camera is a photography app that is available for free. It has almost 5,000 downloads.
The Vlogging app has received over one million downloads.
As the name implies, Funny Camera is a camera filter app. It has received over 500,000 downloads.
This is a keyboard software that includes GIF emojis. It has received over 100,000 downloads.
This is yet another camera app with beauty filters. It has received over 100,000 downloads.
This launcher app has over 1 million downloads and promises to give your smartphone's home screen a 3D effect.
Another risky keyboard app that claims to personalise users' keyboards using Gif emojis. It has received over 100,000 downloads.