On Tuesday, cybersecurity company, Bitdefender, identified around 17 Google Play apps that employ a variety of tricks to show users series of unwanted ads. App developers have come up with various kinds of tricks to effectively evade Google security protections that cover the applications space.
This is done by employing certain sneaky tactics like flashing ads at random times and spreading their code across multiple files. As at the time of this article, Google had been notified of these apps “and the reported apps are being taken offline,” according to Bitdefender. Although the apps are not particularly malicious, they smuggle themselves into Google Play and evade Google’s vetting system by using tactics that are more known with malware. Complaints from certain users said that running these apps drained their cell battery quickly, while also displaying unwanted ads. These apps include: Source
