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Ad Plus instead of AdBlock Plus

A false App that pretends to be AdBlock Plus was created by a friend of mine. Kaspersky Anti-Virus detects it as HEUR:AdWare AndroidOS starsysysys. The malicious App is monetized through RevMob.com. Thankfully, at the time of writing this post, the malicious App had already been removed from Google Play. The App does many things, among which are:. reads the archive logs of your device, which include sensitive personal data of the user, and. reads SMS messages.”]

Source: https://securelist.com/ad-plus-instead-of-adblock-plus/57328/

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