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Rael Hornby

Over 50,000 users are at serious risk from this screen recording app — delete it now!

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Spotting a dodgy app on the Google Play Store can be hard enough, even with the efforts of Google Play Protect. But detecting when a previously legit app has turned bad? That’s almost impossible.

Thankfully, researchers at digital security firm ESET have been able to do just that, discovering a previously legitimate Android app, named iRecorder - Screen Recorder, which has become trojanized over the last year and now presents a serious threat to users. 

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