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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Technology
Dave Snelling

Google bans hugely popular Android app and warns users to delete it now

There's a fresh warning for millions of Android users with Google removing one of the biggest apps on the planet from its online store. The US technology giant is also urging those who have downloaded it to remove the application from their devices immediately.

The urgent alert has been issued due to security concerns with the shopping app Pinduoduo. Some versions of this budget Chinese retail service, which has some 900 million users, have been found to contain malicious software that could put the data of users in danger.

Announcing the ban, a Google spokesperson said: "We have suspended the Play version of the app for security concerns while we continue our investigation."

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