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Default Android malware skews Google Play ratings by installing apps

Malware writers haven't stopped trying to game app rankings through bogus app installs. Researchers at Check Point have identified a new strain of the longstanding Ghost Push malware, Googlian, that has infected over 1 million Android devices to date...

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/30/...droid-malware/
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