Attention Android users! These 7 Android Apps Will Infect Your Phone With Joker Malware

From time to time we come across apps that contain malware. Seven Android The apps have now been found to carry the Joker malware. Although these apps have been removed from the Google Play Store after being flagged, users may have downloaded them and may still have them on their smartphones. Joker malware can infiltrate smartphones and enable the user to subscribe to paid services without their permission. The seven apps in which Joker malware was found are QRcode scan, EmojiOne keyboard, Battery charging animation, Battery wallpaper, Dazzling keyboard, Volume booster loud sound equalizer, Super hero effect and Classic emoji keyboard. Out of these, 50,000 users have downloaded the EmojiOne keyboard app.

Now, luckily, apart from the EmojiOne keyboard app, neither had a significant number of downloads. Malicious apps were first detected by an Android malware analyst here Kaspersky, who said the apps were being used to spread the Joker malware. The analyst took to Twitter to warn about these seven apps. An analyst named Tatyana Shishkova is highlighting a stream of malware-laden Android apps on the Google Play Store.