16 harmful applications for Xiaomi phones that must be wary of and deleted immediately .. Get to know them
Unfortunately, once again we have to alert you that some of the apps that steal information and generate ad fraud have been detected by McAfee, and that can To be on Xiaomi, Redmi or Poco phones.
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As many as 16 Android apps found in the Google Play Store were found to be malware. In addition, among all these more than 20 million downloads accumulate, so maybe some of these downloads can be installed on your Xiaomi phone.
16 new apps classified as malware
Once you install any of these apps on Xiaomi, Redmi or Poco, you download an additional code that incites ad fraud. Which aThey are capable of sending fraudulent messages or even opening web pages in the background.
As he explains Sangryol Ryu From McAfee, “This can cause high network traffic and power consumption without the user being aware of it while generating benefits for the threat actor behind this malware.”
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The applications involved are:
- High-speed camera
- Smart task manager
- Flashlight+
- 달력메모장
- K-Dictionary
- BusanBus
- Flashlight+ (com. candlelencom. candleprotest)
- QuickNote
- currency converter
- joycode
- EzDica
- Instagram Profile Downloader
- EZNotes
- 손전등
- 계산기
- Flashlight+ (com.dev.imagevault)
As we can see, a lot of this malware is hidden in popular applications such as flashlight, camera, or as a simple QR code reader. So if you have any of these on your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO, we recommend that you remove them as soon as possible.
Are any of these apps on your phone?
