These two Android apps steal your photos, videos and more

Security experts keep coming across apps that are dangerous for users. This time, a very tricky case has been uncovered as two apps have achieved over 1.5 million downloads through the Google Play Store and massively spied on users. If you use one of the two apps, you should delete them now.

Android app steal your data

It happens time and again that dangerous Android apps make their way into the Google Play Store unnoticed. Usually these are recognized and removed after a few downloads. With over 1.5 million downloads two big fish have now been caught from just two apps. They are file managers that can spy on you and steal personal information such as photos, videos, and voice messages.

You must delete the following apps immediately:

• File Recovery and Data Recovery (com.spot.music.filedate)
• File Manager (com.file.box.master.gkd)

This is how the Android apps looked in the Google Play Store:

The applications have been active for a very long time and have only now been discovered. In order to lull users into security, probably generated many downloads with installation farmsto get more attention in the Play Store. This then also attracted real users.

The apps should Connections to China and access personal data, contacts, pictures, videos, voice recordings and much more on smartphones and tablets unnoticed. If you have any of the apps installed, be sure to delete them.

How to protect yourself from malware:

Lots of downloads but no ratings

According to the security experts, users could also have recognized the fake apps. The apps had a lot of downloads, but hardly any reviews or only funny ones. These are always strong signs that something is wrong there. So make sure that apps with a lot of downloads also have decent ratings. Otherwise, it could be a dangerous app that has been pushed.