Android users have faced a tough time this year, as Google has already banned more than 100 apps from Play Store. As we all know, 2020 has given so many attacks to everyone. Here is the full list of the apps which you must delete right now if you have it on your device.

Over 100 Android Apps Are Removed By Google This Year!

Google Bans More Than 100 Android Apps This Year!
Google Bans More Than 100 Android Apps This Year!

Android smartphone users are alerted about the apps which they download from Play Store. As each month goes by, the number of banned apps are increasing. Google Play Store is battling with a continuous threat with apps full of malware. Well, most of these malicious apps are blocked before they reach to the online store.

Some of the apps on Play Store have been found with malware which can hack accounts. One of the threat allowed hackers to sign the unsuspecting users to expensive subscription plans without the user knowing it.

At the time, Google discovered the dangerous apps are already deleted from the store. But, it might be too late as you may already have the app installed on your device.

The first attack of the year was by the team at Trend Micro who discovered that some of the apps which claim to clean devices could be a fraud and it downloads 3,000 malware variants on affected devices. One of the apps named Speed Clean can launch weak adverts on the screen.

Next team BitDefender found a total of 17 Play Store apps with more than 550,000 downloads. These were capable of hiding themselves on the device.

Here’s a full list of the apps discovered by BitDefender:

  1. Car Racing 2019
  2. 4K Wallpaper (Background 4K Full HD)
  3. Backgrounds 4K HD
  4. QR Code Reader & Barcode Scanner Pro
  5. File Manager Pro – Manager SD Card/Explorer
  6. VMOWO City: Speed Racing 3D
  7. Barcode Scanner
  8. Screen Stream Mirroring
  9. QR Code – Scan & Read a Barcode
  10. Period Tracker – Cycle Ovulation Women’s
  11. QR & Barcode Scan Reader
  12. Wallpapers 4K, Backgrounds HD
  13. Transfer Data Smart
  14. Explorer File Manager
  15. Today Weather Radar
  16. Mobnet.io: Big Fish Frenzy
  17. Clock LED

Then in February, all of them who are using VPNs were warned, and some of the apps on Play Store can be riddled with malware and other issues.

The team at VPN pro has said, they got Android apps with some of them asked dangerous permissions. One of the app was found getting access to the camera and collected data from the phone and sending it to China servers.

  1. Sound Recorder
  2. Super Cleaner
  3. Virus Cleaner 2019
  4. File Manager
  5. Joy Launcher
  6. Turbo Browser
  7. Weather Forecast
  8. Candy Selfie Camera
  9. Hi VPN, Free VPN
  10. Candy Gallery
  11. Calendar Lite
  12. Super Battery
  13. Hi Security 2019
  14. Net Master
  15. Puzzle Box
  16. Private Browser
  17. Hi VPN Pro
  18. World Zoo
  19. Word Crossy!
  20. Soccer Pinball
  21. Dig it
  22. Laser Break
  23. Music Roam
  24. Word Crush

An app with 40 million downloads has found a surprise. Snaptube app is a video downloader app which is free to download. But that doesn’t mean it is free. According to the reports, all the users who installed Snaptube can find themselves paying. The app sigs up the users for premium services without even knowing them.

  1. Super Wallpapers Flashlight
  2. Padenatef
  3. Wallpaper Level
  4. Contour Level wallpaper
  5. iPlayer & iWallpaper
  6. Video Maker
  7.  Color Wallpapers
  8. Pedometer
  9. Powerful Flashlight
  10. Super Bright Flashlight
  11. Super Flashlight
  12. Solitare Game
  13. Accurate scanning of QR code
  14. Classic card game
  15. Junk file cleaning
  16. Synthetic Z
  17. File Manager
  18. Composite Z
  19. Screenshot Capture
  20. Daily Horoscope Wallpapers
  21. Wuxia Reader
  22. Plus Weather
  23. Anime Live Wallpaper
  24. Health Step Counter
  25. SnapTube

Recently, Indian Government has banned 59 Chinese apps in India. Here is the list of the apps banned.

  1. TikTok
  2. Shareit
  3. Kwai
  4. UC Browser
  5. Baidu map
  6. Shein
  7. Clash of Kings
  8. DU battery saver
  9. Helo
  10. Likee
  11. YouCam makeup
  12. Mi Community
  13. CM Brower
  14. Virus Cleaner
  15. APUS Browser
  16. ROMWE
  17. Club Factory
  18. Newsdog
  19. Beauty Plus
  20. WeChat
  21. UC News
  22. QQ Mail
  23. Weibo
  24. Xender
  25. QQ Music
  26. QQ Newsfeed
  27. Bigo Live
  28. SelfieCity
  29. Mail Master
  30. Parallel Space
  31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
  32. WeSync
  33. ES File Explorer
  34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc
  35. Meitu
  36. Vigo Video
  37. New Video Status
  38. DU Recorder
  39. Vault- Hide
  40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio
  41. DU Cleaner
  42. DU Browser
  43. Hago Play With New Friends
  44. Cam Scanner
  45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
  46. Wonder Camera
  47. Photo Wonder
  48. QQ Player
  49. We Meet
  50. Sweet Selfie
  51. Baidu Translate
  52. Vmate
  53. QQ International
  54. QQ Security Center
  55. QQ Launcher
  56. U Video
  57. V fly Status Video
  58. Mobile Legends
  59. DU Privacy

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