Installing these Android Apps You’re Risking Your Mobile Security

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You might have come across several apps which can’t be deleted once gets installed. They have a hidden icon with shortcut access on the home screen of your android phones. To be honest, I have faced this issue a long time ago which led me to format my phone. 

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Recently, tech giant Google which oversees Android removed many apps which were popular in the context of Android users. They were downloaded more than 10 million times from the Google Play Store. It was found out by Quick Heal Security Lab’s Cyber Security Wing that these apps belong to the HiddAd Category. 

Apps falling in this category tend to hide their icons after their initial launch and creates a shortcut on your home screen. Every time you click that shortcut, it tends to show full screen ads which are obviously frustrating for you. I have mentioned a list of apps in here, some of them get installed unknowingly when you visit some social media sites. So, it is highly recommended that you should delete the following apps from your phone immediately.

Feel Camera HD

It is a photography app with interactive and user-friendly features embedded in it. It offers a range of attractive options which you can do along with your photography skills. This is a photography app is packed with user-friendly features and enables you to bring in-camera effects on to the photography you are editing. But the most irritating part of this app is full of pop-up ads which appear frequently on your screen out of nowhere. 

Super Magnifier Lite

This app is known for magnifying objects in front of your phone. When you open camera it allows you to magnify and zoom in at a higher level than the inbuilt camera. This app has other tools such as flashlight, zoom in, zoom out. This app came into security appraisal after many users complained about the link with sponsored sites and showing unnecessary ads.   

Filter Photo Frame

Having a file size of around 27 MB, Filter Photo Frame app lets you add some interesting and attractive photo frames to your images and make your image look stunning of the rest. But, the frequent ads that will bother you while working can be a hectic thing for you sometimes.

QR Code Scanner APK

This app is famous for scanning QR code across various applications. This app works when you open the app and point the camera towards any QR code. Users get irritated because of the unwanted ads popping up during the use of this app which can steal your enthusiastic use of this app. 

Reflex Camera HD

This app allows you to click pictures at a higher resolution with the best quality. This app is everything a photography freak needs, however, pop up ads result in more uninstallation with the time.

Lens Flares

Lens flare is an app that allows giving various options of lightning effects to your photos. This app allows you to enhance your photographs with severals realistically designed lens flare options. This app gets downloaded most of the time automatically when you land on ad sites. Designing photos can be interesting but the popup ads that come along with it can be tough to handle at times.  

Photo Effect Pro

This app came in the attentive eyes of Google’s security after many users reported that their phone was seen hanging while using this app and the app leads them to sponsored ad sites. However, this app provides powerful and interesting tools to edit your personal photos in funny as well as in interesting ways.

Art Filters

You can use this app to dramatically improve your art with a lot of customizable HD filters. You can access powerful cartoon effects and share your art with friends. If you are a digital art lover, this app is for you. However, be prepared to see a number of ads showing up while working. 

Lie Detector Prank

Not a realistic lie detector but is quite fun to play. This is a simulator app which works as an app. After using this game you might see that it shows whether you’re telling a lie or a truth. However, there is no technology behind it and the readings are most of the times inaccurate but is quite interesting to play with friends. But the frequent sponsored ads appearing on the screen ruins the experience being on this app.

New Hair Fashion

A hairdresser simulating gaming app that allows you to choose from a range of hairstyles while using this app. Many users of this app complained that the app leads you to third party sites/apps and acts as adware. 

Smart Magnifier Pro

This app can turn your phone into a magnifying glass with features like LED flash, auto-focus and camera zoom. Even when you deselect the option, there could be too many app suggestions and ad suggestions bothering you. 

Cut Cut Mix 2.0 APK

This is a popular cut paste application for photos that lets you create your own custom image by cutting and mixing several images. While you might enjoy working with this app, the big downside is the full-size ads that will pop up frequently to irritate you. 

Blur Image DSLR Focus Effect

After getting several negative reviews on getting installed automatically, Google deleted it from Playstore recently which attracted different links to third-party sites bring in too many ads. This app was meant to blur or unblur selective portion of an image which was used by many users to enhance their editing experience.

Qing Camera

This is a highly user-friendly app that lets your phone work like a simple UX/UI selfie camera. This app shows up ads after every small operation which makes it a big nuisance. Some users say their inbuilt phone cameras are much better than this app. 

Magic Effect

Users of this app always complained about the full-page ads which tend to disrupt their working from time to time.  This apps has been used by many users around the world with several downloads. This photo editing tool allows you to edit your photographs with some magic tools giving unexpected astonishing effects. A large number of photo effects can be obtained using this app. 

You might know or not but such apps are a threat to your mobile security. This is why Google was bound to remove them from the Play Store. It is beneficial for you if you delete them from your mobile phone before any mishap. 

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