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The essentials, which claim to improve the performance of Android phones, could infect your device with malware.Google Play Store has just deleted them.

Your phone may be in danger.Verox applications are to be deleted urgently from your smartphone, according to the Japanese company specializing in computer security Trend Micro.Are only affected by phones that work under Android like Samsung, Huawei or Wiko for example.

These nine applications are infected with malware and can access your Google or Facebook accounts.Originality of this malicious software: it is hidden in cleaning and improvement applications of phones.Once installed on your device, it can download at least 3000 variants of malware.He can then carry out advertising spam campaigns or divert accessibility options for your device to publish positive comments for you and thus convince new users to install them.Verox applications can even deactivate Play Protect, Google's safety program.

The nine applications to uninstall

The nine applications to be uninstalling on your phone are:

Google has already deleted these applications from the Google Play Store.

Europe seems relatively spared, the most affected countries are Japan, Taiwan, the United States, Thailand or India.

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