Google bans 12 Android apps as millions urged to delete them immediately – see full list

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Android users have been warned a number of popular apps, some of which were downloaded millions of times, should be deleted from phones.

Google has blocked 12 from its Play store over fears they were tricking users into watching endless adverts or trying to steal sensitive data via phishing attacks.

Some of those affected were fitness apps used to track people’s steps, while others were games.

The issues were discovered by the cyber security team at Dr.Web, and some of the affected apps had been downloaded more than five million times by users across the world, the Express reported.

It said in a statement: “Doctor Web’s specialists discovered many new threats on Google Play.

“Among them were dozens of trojan apps from the Android.FakeApp malware family.

“They connected to a remote server and, in accordance with the configuration received from it, instead of providing the expected functionality, they could display the contents of various websites—including phishing ones.”