These 21 Android Apps Contain Adware - PCMag

If you're using any of these apps, uninstall them immediately.

Last month, Android users needed to manually remove 16 infected apps.

This month, 21 gaming apps have been discovered on the Google Play Store containing adware.

As ZDNet reports, the 21 infected apps were discovered by cybersecurity company Avast and all contain the HiddenAds malware.

The 21 infected apps are:.

In total, these 21 apps have registered more than eight million downloads, and according to ZDNet six still remain available on the Play Store (this may have changed since the time of writing)

"While Google is doing everything possible to prevent HiddenAds from entering its Play Store, the malicious apps keep finding new ways to disguise their true purpose, thus slipping through to the platform and then to users’ phones," Jakub Vávra, Threat Analyst at Avast, says

Avast says your best line of defense against these types of apps is to always read the reviews thoroughly, be suspicious of high-priced digital items that appear within them, and check the permissions they ask for

And as these apps are clearly aimed at a young audience, education is key for children

There's an abundance of other apps out there to enjoy instead