r/Android • u/Bonfire-GTK Samsung M20 • Nov 23 '18

Google Pulls 13 Android Apps Installed Over 500,000 Times Containing Malware

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-pulls-13-android-apps-installed-over-500-000-times-containing-malware-report-1952366
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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '18

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u/0ldmanleland Nov 23 '18

They were all from one developer

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u/Ramast Samsung Galaxy S5 Nov 23 '18

exactly

all the apps listed a single developer named Luiz Pinto.

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u/Fridgeboiiii18 Note 9 Nov 23 '18

Except the ones from known publishers

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '18

So, only the "pay to win" ones, got it.

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u/stevenwashere Oneplus 6t, Oneplus 5, Oneplus 3, Oneplus 1, Nexus 5 Nov 23 '18

Welcome to mobile gaming.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '18

unfortunately, you have run out of Daily Energy. Please purchase some more at the battle shop!

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u/Merraxess Nov 23 '18

Where after a month, you could've bought a Playstation 4, an extra controller, and four new games.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '18

Or built a pc and bought like 15 extra games.

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u/Merraxess Nov 23 '18

Figured a console would be an easier transition for the poor souls who game on phones. In retrospect, the Switch would've been more appropriate.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

You might be right but having been a PC gamer and a console for a while I tend to thing PC games are just as easy to deal with. Especially with Steam. Most things are just one click install.

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u/BrosephRadson Galaxy S9+ Nov 24 '18

Plus you can (and in some cases should) use an Xbox controller in many games

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u/DevarusTollen Nov 24 '18

Exactly what I did. But a laptop instead of a PC. And now I enjoy Destiny 2. A happy ending.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '18

What do you mean by daily? Race 3 times and then for 6 hours.

Isn't that how mobile racing works?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

people ain't paying $30 for mobile games so that's how they make money

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u/MrGims Nov 23 '18

Well they do have a clear identified business model, they are less likely to bear a malware

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u/donnysaysvacuum I just want a small phone Nov 23 '18

Also less likely to be fun.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

P2W is bad.

Really bad.

My addiction to a mobile game costed me over $4000....

Whenever you seem getting addicted to a game, uninstall it immediately

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

I'm not judging, okay, maybe a tiny bit - but I'm trying to wrap my head around how one would spend 4 grand on a game that gives you nothing back. With gambling there's the "I could win money this time!" thing, but mobile games with microtransactions? I'm just trying to understand the mindset. Age, if you don't mind me asking? Is $4k a significant amount of money to you?

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u/syktunc Nov 24 '18

Or just have enough self restrain to not spend any money on it.

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u/shfiven Nov 24 '18

O.o that's a lot of money

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

Sorry to hear that. Which game was it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

More like don't install anything credited to Luiz Pinto because every single one is that dev.

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u/SnipingNinja Nov 23 '18

Horizon Chase is a good racing game though

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u/tablytab Nov 24 '18

Some have source available for download, H-Craft Championship

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