Android and iOS adware apps downloaded 13 million times — delete these apps now - Tom's Guide

Almost 100 adware apps were found on both the Play Store and App Store.

Adware and other malicious apps often manage to slip past Google’s defenses and end up on the Play Store, but this time around, some bad apps also managed to bypass Apple’s more stringent security checks and make it onto the App Store.

While all of the apps detailed in HUMAN’s new report (opens in new tab) have since been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, if any of them are installed on your devices, you should delete them immediately.

Fortunately, HUMAN has reached out to both Google and Apple and all of the adware apps in question have now been removed from the Play Store and App Store.

If you have one of the best Android phones, enabling Google Play Protect will delete these apps automatically.

It’s a different story with the best iPhones though, as Apple doesn’t provide clear guidance on how to remove adware apps after they’ve been installed.

While Apple is known for more rigorously checking apps before they are allowed onto the App Store, bad apps can manage to slip past the company's defenses.