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Sean Riley

Over 620,000 Android users infected with subscription trojans — delete these money-sucking apps now

Over 620,000 Android users may be victims of subscription trojans in Google Play — delete these 11 apps

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and for the world's most popular operating system, part of that weight is all of the Android malware threats trying to attack it. Sadly, anything with that many users is potentially lucrative for hackers, so they are always trying new methods for separating the billions of Android users from their hard-earned cash.

A new report from Kaspersky highlighted "Fleckpe," a subscription trojan that infected over 620,000 users via at least 11 different Google Play apps since 2022 (via TechRadar).

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