Google drops 27 malicious gaming apps from Play store

Cyber researchers at Quick Heal Security Lab have detected 27 adware-riddled gaming apps that used to hoodwink Android mobile phone users and flood the screen with full-screen ads at random times.

All the malicious apps are published by the same developer with the name “AFAD Drift Racer” and belong to free Car Racing Games category, the Quick Heal internet security expert said.

Modus operandi of these malware gaming apps:

Once the Android user installs it, the app then prompts the user to install a fake Google Play store app for a better experience.

If the user again falls prey to the tactic, it will stay dormant for some time and secretly separates itself from the parent app and turns in to a standalone app.