This Google Play Pass app with over 10 million installs has been outed as malware

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Google's reign over the Play Store often feels arbitrary, with legitimate apps disappearing for bogus reasons like out-of-context words or images while malware is striving. Another case has surfaced of an app turning into malware right under Play Protect's nose, and this time, the perpetrator is a Play Pass app with over 10 million installs: The generically named Barcode Scanner app. It has been removed since its discovery, but the developer's account remains active and offers other applications.

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This Google Play Pass app with over 10 million installs has been outed as malware was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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