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Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled – Ars Technica

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Two reports said that multiple lines of Android devices came with preinstalled malware. Trend Micro: As many as 8.9 million phones and as many as 50 different brands were infected. Guerrilla, as they named the malware, was found in 15 malicious apps that Google allowed into Play market.

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Millions of Android smartphones from 50 different brands infected with malware

Android doesn't get rid of the reputation of being an insecure operating system prone to delivering malware to its users. Although Google Pixels resist, the endless flow of malicious applications on...

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Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled – Ars Technica

The bane of low-cost Android devices is showing no signs of going away.

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Nine million Android phones are infected with new malware

“Guerrilla” feeds advertising even into unsuspicious apps. Behind this is a mysterious data trader named Lemon Group

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Ars Technica broke the news in United States on Friday, May 19, 2023.
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