Android users: Delete these apps, they’re draining your battery

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Google has removed 16 Android apps after the McAfee Mobile Research Team found them to be committing ad fraud.

Ad fraud is essentially a way for developers to game ad systems in order to make more ad revenue. But why do you care about that?

Well, you should care because it means the malicious apps are constantly running. That leads to battery drain on your device.

On top of that, the constant reconnections can also bog down your network bandwidth. So, yeah, you’re going to want to get rid of these apps ASAP.

You can see a quick example of the network bandwidth strain below:

Thankfully, Google has removed the offending apps from the Google Play Store. You’re still going to want to remove them from your device, however.

Which Android apps were removed for ad fraud?

To make sure your Android device is free from bad apps, make sure the following apps have been removed from your device.

Name	Downloaded	Package name
High-Speed Camera	10,000,000+	com.hantor.CozyCamera
Smart Task Manager	5,000,000+	com.james.SmartTaskManager
Flashlight+	1,000,000+	kr.caramel.flash_plus
달력메모장	1,000,000+	com.smh.memocalendar
K-Dictionary	1,000,000+	com.joysoft.wordBook
BusanBus	1,000,000+	com.kmshack.BusanBus
Flashlight+	500,000+	com.candlencom.candleprotest
Quick Note	500,000+	com.movinapp.quicknote
Currency Converter	500,000+	com.smartwho.SmartCurrencyConverter
Joycode	100,000+	com.joysoft.barcode
EzDica	100,000+	com.joysoft.ezdica
Instagram Profile Downloader	100,000+	com.schedulezero.instapp
Ez Notes	100,000+	com.meek.tingboard
손전등	1,000+	com.candlencom.flashlite
계산기	100+	com.doubleline.calcul
Flashlight+	100+	com.dev.imagevault

If you have any of these Android apps on your phone still, delete them. Google’s removal helps, but you don’t want apps on your phone that were taking advantage of you.

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