{"id":1110,"date":"2020-07-12T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T15:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2020-07-12T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T15:01:45","slug":"google-has-removed-a-total-of-11-apps-from-the-playstore-citing-joker-malware-threats-uninstall-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/google-has-removed-a-total-of-11-apps-from-the-playstore-citing-joker-malware-threats-uninstall-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Google has removed a total of 11 apps from the PlayStore citing Joker  malware threats. Uninstall now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/topic\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a>&nbsp;PlayStore was hit with malware-ridden apps as the company recently removed 11 applications from its platform that were infected with the Joker malware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=640%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1112\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?w=2050&amp;ssl=1 2050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=1024%2C390&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=768%2C292&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=1536%2C584&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=2048%2C779&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=1104%2C420&amp;ssl=1 1104w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=640%2C244&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=681%2C259&amp;ssl=1 681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=1280%2C487&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?resize=1362%2C518&amp;ssl=1 1362w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the latest report by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.checkpoint.com\/2020\/new-joker-variant-hits-google-play-with-an-old-trick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check Point\u2019s research<\/a>, a new variant of the malware has been discovered on the PlayStore. This malware is very tricky to spot and users who have inadvertently downloaded any of these apps will have to remove them manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a List of Infected Apps Removed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>com.imagecompress.android<\/li><li>com.relax.relaxation.androidsms<\/li><li>com.cheery.message.sendsms (two different instances)<\/li><li>com.peason.lovinglovemessage<\/li><li>com.contact.withme.texts<\/li><li>com.hmvoice.friendsms<\/li><li>com.file.recovefiles<\/li><li>com.LPlocker.lockapps<\/li><li>com.remindme.alram<\/li><li>com.training.memorygame<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After removing the apps the users should immediately check transactions on the Google PlayStore and whether any services have been subscribed to via credit card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has removed a total of 1,700 applications that were reportedly infected with malware similar to the Joker malware.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Google&nbsp;PlayStore was hit with malware-ridden apps as the company recently removed 11 applications from its platform that were infected with the Joker malware. As per the latest report by\u00a0Check Point\u2019s research, a new variant of the malware has been discovered on the PlayStore. This malware is very tricky to spot and users who have inadvertently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_metasync_otto_title":"","_metasync_otto_description":"","_metasync_otto_keywords":"","_metasync_otto_og_title":"","_metasync_otto_og_description":"","_metasync_otto_twitter_title":"","_metasync_otto_twitter_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_aioseo_title":"","_aioseo_description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[56,133,134],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-google","tag-joker-malware","tag-malware"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200712_095613_0000.png?fit=2050%2C780&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}