Dangerous malware found on 8 Google Play Store apps

Autolycos malware steals personal details of users and even reads your SMS without your knowledge.

New type of virus has been found on the app present on Google's App Store. According to a security researchers, a new malware has been found in 8 Android apps on the Google Play Store, which was giving users subscription to premium services without their knowledge. The name of this virus is called Autolycos. More than 30 lakh peoples already downloaded these apps. However, now these 8 apps have been removed from the Google Play Store.

Malware steals personal data

Security researcher Maxim Ingrao of cyber security firm Avena has given information about this malware through Twitter. He tweeted that malware named Autolycos has been discovered and this malware is present in about eight apps of Google's App Store. Autolycos steals users' personal details and data, even this malware is reading your SMS without your knowledge. Autolycos executes the URL on the remote browser and approves the HTTP request without a WebView.

Here are those eight apps

According to the researcher, this malware has been found in apps like Google Play Store's Creative 3D Launcher, Gif Emoji Keyboard, Vlog Star Video Editor, Wow Beauty Camera, Freeglow Camera and Coco Camera v1.1. More than 30 lakh people have also downloaded these apps from the Play Store. If you have any of these apps in your mobile then uninstall them immediately. However, now these apps have been removed from the Google Play Store.