Malware In Play Store Disguises itself as Pokemon GO

ESET, a mobile security company, said they were able to detect at least three apps of that nature: Pokemon Go Ultimate, Guides and Cheats for Pokemon Go, and Install Pokemongo.

Pokemon Go is all the internet cares about at the moment. Right after the launch of the game, many similarly named apps infected mobile phones. Here you can find the details about those fake Pokemon GO apps.

When the craze of gamers for newly launched game Pokemon Go is at its peak all over the world, the individuals with vindictive expectation have not lagged behind to collect best benefits from it. Al Franken (D-Minn.) sent a letter to Niantic, the company behind Pokemon Go, posing a series of questions to clarify how the company will handle user information. But Franken wants to be extra sure that Pokemon Go is not exploiting its users’ privacy.

If you have downloaded the app and wanted to delete it, you need to go the setting of the device and then Application Manager PI Network and uninstall it.

While Pokemon Go’s staying power is yet to be determined, there’s no denying that the game is dominant in the present, and has left all other games in the rearview mirror. It locks the phone screen once after it’s installed.

Cybercriminals can actually repackage the “Pokemon Go” app for Android, and turn it into a malware, explained a Check Point Wednesday blog post. It may ask you to click on ads.

San Diego-based security software developer ESET is warning users that it has located a number of fake apps on Google Play, which specifically target Pokemon GO users. Those are, however, labeled as fake apps, which only try to tempt users into subscribing to some “expensive bogus services”.

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