On Android, 47 popular applications hide malware. They total more than 15 million downloads from the Play Store and are flooding smartphones with victims of intrusive advertising. We give you their complete list.

Avast claims to have collaborated with Google on this. The Mountain View firm has already removed many of the affected applications from the Play Store, but 17 of them are still available on the store, note researchers who urge users to remain vigilant. You can discover at the end of the article the list of the 17 applications concerned as well as their number of downloads.

If one of these applications is installed on your smartphone, you'll have to uninstall it manually by going to Android Settings > Applications. Finally, to avoid this kind of malware, Avast recommends that you always pay attention to the notes and comments of each application before installing it. User feedback is generally negative.

In addition, developers offering such applications use multiple accounts and only publish one application at a time on each profile to avoid easy identification. So pay attention to the developer's profile when downloading an application.

Below is a list of the 17 applications concerned and their number of downloads:

Draw Color by Number: 1 000 000

Skate Board : 1 000 000

Find Hidden Differences : 1 000 000

Shoot Master : 1 000 000

Stacking Guys: 1,000,000

Disc Go: 1,000,000

Spot Hidden Differences : 500 000

Dancing Run: 500,000

Find 5 Differences : 500 000

Joy Woodworker: 500,000

Throw Master: 500,000

Throw into Space: 500,000

Divide it : 500 000

Tony Shoot: 500,000

Assassin Legend: 500,000

Flip King: 500,000

Save Your Boy: 500,000

Assassin Hunter 2020: 500,000

Stealing Run: 500,000

Fly Skater 2020: 500,000 

Source: Phonandroid