Google removed 63 apps & games showing porn ads from Play Store. If anyone including children wants to get some productive apps and games he would surly go to Google Play Store as it’s the biggest open source platform to get the best apps.
In a same way for developers around the world it’s a good start to go mainstreamed by working on productive apps and game at Google Play Store. However, some of the developers took a terrible step and misused Google’s platform for earning business.
As some developer used Google Play Store to spread malware through porn adds and the worst part is that they picked up games (many of which were played by children) to display inappropriate content and porn ads.
Recently, Google took noticed of that and has deleted around 63 games from its Play Store after the detection of a malevolent bug that showed porn ads in the gaming apps, the majority of which are played by children.
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According to the reports given by Financial Times, among those affected app had over 1 million downloads and some were extremely famous in children for gaming like Five Nights Survival Craft and McQueen Car Racing Game.
The malware hailed as Adult Swine displayed indecent and pornographic ads and advised the user install fake security apps. The bug also guides user towards signing up for premium services that charge the user’s account for their services.
According to a Google’s spokesperson,
“We’ve removed the apps from Play, disabled the developers’ accounts, and will continue to show strong warnings to anyone that has installed them. We appreciate Check Point’s work to help keep users safe.”
In a good move now, Google has removed these apps from the platform Play store.
Moreover, the tech giant has also put out of action and disabled the accounts of those developers caught up in these cases.
On the other hand, Google has also issued high warnings to users who installed the 63 apps.
In light of recent events, parents should check on their children’s online activities. As, apart from many online websites now Google Play Store the platform from where your children find out their favorite games and has a malware which shows inappropriate materials and ads which urged them to install it.
Although Google has removed those affected apps from Google Play Store but parents need to have a strict check on their children’s online activities.
