Stay away from these popular Android apps if you don't want to be fleeced

There are many types of running rampant in Google's Play Store, ranging from good old fashioned to and , but Android users may need to be more concerned about a relatively new phenomenon discovered and documented by security researchers over at SophosLabs that pushes the boundaries of what is traditionally considered malware.

The so-called "fleeceware" plague may have affected that covers just 21 surprisingly popular apps. Obviously, it's impossible to know how widespread this disease really is across the entire Google Play platform, which reportedly counts around 2.9 million ...

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