Remove these 13 malicious apps from your smartphone immediately.

A series of malicious applications containing malware on the Google Play Store have just been discovered by cybersecurity experts at McAfee. Users should quickly uninstall them if they have already installed them.

These malicious software programs have the ability to gain unauthorized access to a wide range of sensitive user information. From there, data can be stolen and sent to a server.

Google has removed these malicious apps from Google Play.

The detailed list of 13 recently discovered malicious applications includes:

1. Essential Horoscope for Android (100,000 downloads).

2. 3D Skin Editor for PE Minecraft (100,000 downloads).

3. Logo Maker Pro (100,000 downloads).

4. Auto Click Repeater (10,000 downloads already).

5. Count Easy Calorie Calculator (10,000 downloads).

6. Sound Volume Extender (5,000 downloads).

7. LetterLink (1,000 downloads).

8. Numerology: Personal Horoscope & Number Predictions (1,000 downloads).

9. Step Keeper: Easy Pedometer (500 downloads already).

10. Track Your Sleep (500 downloads).

11. Sound Volume Booster (100 downloads already).

12. Astrological Navigator: Daily Horoscope & Tarot (100 downloads).

13. Universal Calculator (100 downloads).

Currently, all of these malicious applications have been removed from the Google Play Store. However, if you have already installed them, you need to quickly uninstall them from your device.

If users want to check if they have accidentally installed any malicious apps on their smartphones, they can use the "Play Protect" feature that Google has integrated into the Play Store.

To use this useful feature, users open the Google Play Store and tap the account icon in the upper right corner, then select "Play Protect" from the menu that appears.

Next, tap the "Scan" button on the next screen. After the scan is complete, if you see the message "No harmful apps found," it means your smartphone is safe and there's nothing more to worry about.

If Play Protect detects that a smartphone has apps installed that Google identifies as "malicious" and has already removed them from the Play Store, the feature will automatically disable those malicious apps to protect the device, and will also recommend that the user uninstall those apps to ensure safety.

However, the Play Protect feature only protects smartphones from apps that Google has identified as "malicious." If malicious apps are installed on a smartphone, and Google hasn't yet identified the malware, Play Protect won't be able to scan for it and send a warning to the user.

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