![]() There are three Android apps and four iOS ones listed by Avast. All four were still active as of Wednesday morning in New York.Īvast said it had reported the apps and accounts to Apple, Google, Instagram and TikTok. ![]() It also found one Instagram account with the username Shockmyfriends.app promoting the apps. ![]() ![]() The first had more than 300,000 followers. "It is particularly concerning that the apps are being promoted on social media platforms popular among younger kids, who may not recognize some of the red flags surrounding the apps and therefore may fall for them."Īvast found at least three TikTok accounts that were aggressively promoting the apps, with the usernames 7odestar, Dejavuuu.es3 and Marina90lazina. "The apps we discovered are scams and violate both Google's and Apple's app policies by either making misleading claims around app functionalities, or serving ads outside of the app and hiding the original app icon soon after the app is installed," said Avast threat analyst Jakub Vavra. The apps claim to provide wallpapers, download music or be a phone-vibration game called "Shock your friends." But they will load ads outside of the apps or charge you between $2 and $10 for normally free items such as wallpapers. ![]()
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