The issue with these apps was first reported by Trend Micro, where a researcher was quoted saying, “This adware is capable of displaying full-screen ads, hiding itself, monitoring a device’s screen unlocking functionality, and running in the mobile device’s background.” According to Trend Micro, all of these apps have been downloaded together over nine million times. The list of apps that have been banned has surfaced online. Here, we list down a few of them so that you can be sure that you don’t have any of them installed on your smartphone:

Apps that have been banned by Google No. 1-5

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Apps that have been banned by Google No. 71-75

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