R&G|MAGAZINE EDITION #8 - MARCH 2015 | Page 84

Android adware “infects millions” of phones and tablets Android users are being warned that several popular apps that were on the official Google Play store appear to have contained hidden code that made malicious ads pop up. Security firm Avast said that one of the apps involved a free version of the card game Durak - had been downloaded up to 10 million times, according to Google Play’s own counter. Google has now blocked access. 84