Google removes 29 apps that ‘cannot be uninstalled’

Google, in a recent wave of removing malicious apps from the store, took down 29 apps thatcollectively had been downloaded more than 10 million times. One app alone from the list named ‘multiapp multiple accounts simultaneously’ had alone crossed 5 million installs.

Of the 29 apps, 24 belong to a category reffered to as ‘HiddAd’. These apps, once installed, will not show up on your homescreen or app drawer, making them difficult to spot and remove, since the most common and easy way of uninstalling apps on Android systems.