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Popular apps on Google Play Store infected with aggressive adware
Lookout has found that BeiTaAd, a new type of adware, infected 238 Android apps with a combined 440 million installations on the Google Play Store.
"The plugin forcibly displays ads on the user’s lock screen, triggers video and audio advertisements even while the phone is asleep, and displays out-of-app ads that interfere with a user’s interaction with other applications on their device," said Lookout.
Lookout has found that BeiTaAd, a new type of adware, infected 238 Android apps with a combined 440 million installations on the Google Play Store.
"The plugin forcibly displays ads on the user’s lock screen, triggers video and audio advertisements even while the phone is asleep, and displays out-of-app ads that interfere with a user’s interaction with other applications on their device," said Lookout.
