Malicious Android apps downloaded 3 million times pretend to be the Chrome browser when installed - Android

Last week, Google announced that it was teaming up with mobile security firms ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium . The alliance hadn't been announced when 49 new adware apps were first listed in the Google Play Store portraying themselves as games and stylized camera apps. , these 49 apps have been downloaded over 3 million times.

The adware, like many of the other malware-laden listings we've recently written about, hide their icons making them almost impossible to uninstall. And they serve up full-length ads on the victim's phone creating a stream of revenue for the bad ...