{"id":4933,"date":"2016-10-21T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=4933"},"modified":"2016-10-28T06:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T11:30:34","slug":"psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/","title":{"rendered":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When even the<\/span><b> Google Play Store<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has viruses, it\u2019s important to step up your device security. PSafe identified more than 500 apps infected by virus on Android\u2019s official App Store. Because of this security loophole, we recommend all PSafe Total users who downloaded apps recently, click below to remove threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/antivirus_quick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png\" alt=\"Run Virus Scan\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Emilio Simoni, PSafe\u2019s security manager, famous games and social networks\u2019 accessory or add-on apps used for Minecraft and Snapchat, are main targets so it\u2019s important to stay completely protected. Apps for kids are under the crosshair for hackers. The kid app called Coloring Book, for example, is one of the infected apps. The list also features Mobi Music Player, a free digital music service, and the Mobi Cleaner, a cleanup app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header_EN_2110_PSafe-detecta-500-apps-infectados-na-Google-Play.jpg\" alt=\"List of Apps Infected With Malware\" width=\"800\" height=\"368\" \/><\/center><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PSafe Total app has already blocked almost 2,000 attacks affecting American users\u2019 cellphones. In Brazil and Mexico, this number reached a successful 45,000. In order for your device to avoid such breach, it\u2019s best to avoid the apps on the list above and keep a reliable antivirus installed &#8211; it\u2019s your only defense against attacks like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"psafe:\/\/launch\/antivirus_quick\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png\" alt=\"Run Virus Scan\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to protect your smartphone from malicious apps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[747,2030,1053,3264,182,3126,249,161],"class_list":["post-4933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-android-apps","tag-google-play","tag-google-play-store","tag-infected-apps","tag-malware","tag-mobile-malware","tag-security","tag-virus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store - PSafe Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store - PSafe Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PSafe Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-21T18:41:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-28T11:30:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"PSafe Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"PSafe Newsroom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c3c9cd7f8f7ff5b8e8071d39226b99d\"},\"headline\":\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-21T18:41:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-28T11:30:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png\",\"keywords\":[\"android apps\",\"google play\",\"google play store\",\"infected apps\",\"malware\",\"mobile malware\",\"security\",\"v\u00edrus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Security\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/\",\"name\":\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store - PSafe Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-21T18:41:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-28T11:30:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c3c9cd7f8f7ff5b8e8071d39226b99d\"},\"description\":\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":78,\"caption\":\"Run Virus Scan\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"In\u00edcio\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"PSafe Blog\",\"description\":\"Articles and news about Mobile Security, Android, Apps, Social Media and Technology in general.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c3c9cd7f8f7ff5b8e8071d39226b99d\",\"name\":\"PSafe Newsroom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0ce470a17403045075d8cd48a742ebd97c085f6d510cfd605fb223ba3fad770b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0ce470a17403045075d8cd48a742ebd97c085f6d510cfd605fb223ba3fad770b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0ce470a17403045075d8cd48a742ebd97c085f6d510cfd605fb223ba3fad770b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"PSafe Newsroom\"},\"description\":\"The dfndr blog is an informative channel that presents exclusive content on security and privacy in the mobile and business world, with tips to keep users protected. Populated by a select group of expert reporters, the channel has a partnership with dfndr lab's security team. Together they bring you, first-notice news about attacks, scams, internet vulnerabilities, malware and everything affecting cybersecurity.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.psafe.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/newsroom-psafe\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store - PSafe Blog","description":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store - PSafe Blog","og_description":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store","og_url":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/","og_site_name":"PSafe Blog","article_published_time":"2016-10-21T18:41:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-10-28T11:30:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"PSafe Newsroom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":false,"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/"},"author":{"name":"PSafe Newsroom","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3c9cd7f8f7ff5b8e8071d39226b99d"},"headline":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store","datePublished":"2016-10-21T18:41:32+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-28T11:30:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/"},"wordCount":195,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png","keywords":["android apps","google play","google play store","infected apps","malware","mobile malware","security","v\u00edrus"],"articleSection":["Security"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/","url":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/","name":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store - PSafe Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78-300x78.png","datePublished":"2016-10-21T18:41:32+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-28T11:30:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3c9cd7f8f7ff5b8e8071d39226b99d"},"description":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BOTAO_EN_AV-1-300x78.png","width":300,"height":78,"caption":"Run Virus Scan"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/psafe-identifies-500-apps-infected-virus-google-play-store\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In\u00edcio","item":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PSafe identifies more than 500 apps infected by virus on Google Play Store"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/","name":"PSafe Blog","description":"Articles and news about Mobile Security, Android, Apps, Social Media and Technology in general.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3c9cd7f8f7ff5b8e8071d39226b99d","name":"PSafe Newsroom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ce470a17403045075d8cd48a742ebd97c085f6d510cfd605fb223ba3fad770b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ce470a17403045075d8cd48a742ebd97c085f6d510cfd605fb223ba3fad770b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ce470a17403045075d8cd48a742ebd97c085f6d510cfd605fb223ba3fad770b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"PSafe Newsroom"},"description":"The dfndr blog is an informative channel that presents exclusive content on security and privacy in the mobile and business world, with tips to keep users protected. Populated by a select group of expert reporters, the channel has a partnership with dfndr lab's security team. Together they bring you, first-notice news about attacks, scams, internet vulnerabilities, malware and everything affecting cybersecurity.","url":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/author\/newsroom-psafe\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}