Google Found fraudulent software And delete 'RuFraud' scam Android apps : After discover the fraudulent software Google the most active search engine has deleted 22 applications from its Android Market.According to the news sources Google Found fraudulent software And delete 'RuFraud' scam Android apps.Google declared that it removes instantly the apps that violate its security policies. And according to a mobile security company based in San Francisco is of the view that the fraud attempt originated from Russia.
The fraudulent scam gave the phone "permission" to send a text message costing about £3 while posing a user that they downloaded a game or program.It will not be confirmed by Google that whether these additional apps had also been deleted.This type of Frauds have increased for past few months.Google got affected for the reason it did not deleted the required substandard or dangerous apps posing as popular software.
Lookout,Angry Birds,Tetris, Cut the Rope,Twilight (wallpaper),Sim City,Need for Speed,Puss in Bootstype Apps which show themselves as a third party software have decieved their users.And the Android Market apps are not vetted prior to being added to the store.Lookout also said that it then identified five more apps running the so-called "RuFraud" scam when it notifying Google of the 22 affected apps.It also is of the view that the 'RuFraud' scam users even in UK were harmed as there have been at least 14,000 downloads of apps containing RuFraud.
Companies like Amazon, offering additional curation and more vigorous checks as they have created alternative app stores for Android.Before being added all apps are required to use a vetting process before being added by Rival stores, such as those from Microsoft and Apple.
According to reviewer Google needed to put in more effort to filter out harmful applications in their store.
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