A research report released by Sophos reveals that there are 18 applications on the Android operating systems that could pose a major risk to consumers at any time. The report states that while these 21 apps could cost users thousands of pounds, the company has warned Android users that if any of these apps are available on mobile they should immediately uninstall them. According to Sophos, up to 60 million users have downloaded these apps, all the apps that come with ads while using them.
The company shared blog says that the annual fee for these apps is very low, but it goes up and down and users may have to pay thousands of pounds at a time.
The blog states that an app's weekly fee is around 8.99 euros while monthly's is around 23.99 euros, the users pay 467.48 euros instead of using it all year. According to the company, only one company is accruing 287.88 euros through fraud from consumers.
Apps identified by the Sophos research team
1. Astrofun
2. Easy snap
3. VCUT
4. Face X play
5. Fortunemiror
6. Filmigo
7. Go keyboard
8. Go keyboard lite
9. GO SMS Pro
10. Go Recorder
11. Go Security
12. Z Camera
13. Master Recorder
14. S photo Editor
15. Wonder video
16. Clipvue
17. Filmix
18. Photo Recovery & Video Recovery
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