Your personal information could be at risk.
the antivirus firm discovered, it wasn't the only one. The investigations also found that more than half a million users each downloaded the Wild & Exotic Animal Wallpaper and ZodiHoroscope programs, which run battery-draining ads and steal Facebook credentials from victims, respectively, IT website SecNews reports. Fifty thousand users also downloaded PIP Camera 2022, which also operates as Facebook account hijacking software.
While Google has since removed some of the affected apps from its Play marketplace and blocked downloads of others, anyone who installed the programs onto their devices could be at risk, experts at Dr. Web warn. They advise immediately deleting the software and running an antivirus sweep of any phone to ensure the malware is entirely removed. Users should also secure their Facebook accounts by changing their passwords immediately.
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