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Some of the dangerous Android Apps that is putting your Data at Risk

Google Play is the better place for discovering wonderful latest apps, but it is most important to be cautious before downloading latest apps because the potential security consequences. Even older and well-established apps can prove to be privacy nightmares. Many apps can collect for the data from your phone and share your personal information with third-party advertisers for money. Here are many dangerous Android apps you should delete from your phone right now.

1. Dolphin Browser

Dolphin browser is another wildly-popular third-party browser app that promises for more but delivers very little. It’s the flash-supporting browser that’s the tracking nightmare and should be uninstalled immediately. According to multiple reports over the years, not only does Dolphin save for your incognito mode browsing sessions, but also reveals original IP address even while using a VPN. It also comes with the bunch of additional ‘features’ such as video players and speed boosters that only add to the bloat.

2. UC Browser

Developed by UCWeb, the subsidiary for Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, UC browser is one of the most downloaded web browsers on Android. Nevertheless, cyber-security analysts said that it doesn’t adequately protect for data transmissions, which can leave your personal data at risk of being intercepted by hackers and intelligence agencies. According to scientist, the browser uses weak cryptography and sometimes no encryption for all, when it transmits keystrokes over the web. This makes it a dangerous, unsecured app that should be deleted from your phone ASAP.

3. Virus Cleaner – Antivirus Free & Phone Cleaner

Virus cleaner app approximate 14 million installs, Virus Cleaner – Antivirus Free and Phone Cleaner from Super Cleaner Studio is exactly what’s wrong with the Android eco-system. It comes with the ton of ads, some of which are for services and brands of questionable repute. What is more, it promises to be an ‘efficient security master, phone junk cleaner, WIFI security, battery saver, super speed booster, CPU cooler or notification cleaner’, none of which can actually be achieved to any perceivable degree for any software.

4. CLEANit

CLEANit claims to be junk file cleaner that has millions of downloads on the Google Play Store. The app not only needs for ton of permissions, it also advertises services that are frivolous in modern Android devices with powerful hardware. In fact, some of them can even be detrimental to your phone.

For instance, clearing the cache will only slow down your phone when it needs to be rebuilt, while killing background apps doesn’t make any real-world impact on battery-life. Unless of course, these apps are playing music and scanning for files in the background, in which case, you do not want to kill them anyways.

5. Super Clean – Master of Cleaner

Super cleaner’ app simply had to be on our list because of how popular it is. Super Clean by Magical Dev has registered up to 26 million installs on the Google Play Store, but like most other cleaner apps, it does precious little by way of actually speeding up your phone. As with other apps in its category, it promises to optimize battery usage, clean junk files or boost your phone memory, none of which requires for third-party app. In any case, most Android vendors bundle a security and cleaner apps with their phones, which should do the job more often than not.

6. SuperVPN Free VPN Client

Approximate 100 million installs, Super VPN is one of the most used VPN apps on Android. Nevertheless, the cyber-security analysts earlier this year claimed that the app includes critical vulnerabilities that could allow hackers for carry out MitM (Man-in-the-Middle) attacks, potentially stealing personal info, such as photos, credit card details, and private chats. According to reports, criminals can also exploit for the vulnerabilities to hijack for the customer’s connection to malicious websites that could further endanger user privacy & security.

7. Russia Today (RT) News

Funded by Kremlin, Russia Today (RT) is the official mouthpiece for the Russian government. The network offers news channels, blogs and multiple mobile apps in English, aimed at western audiences. In spite for the claims of being a quality journalistic endeavor, it is often used as a propaganda outlet for the Vladimir Putin government and cited by western security agencies such as the CIA and MI6, for the major source of disinformation on US politics and Brexit. It is the news app that’s best avoided if you do not want to be bombarded with fake news.

Here list is given above; we only picked apps that are currently available on the Google Play Store. Nevertheless, there are hundreds many apps that have been banished from the Play Store for click fraud, illegal data mining, disruptive ads and etc. That includes DU Battery Saver, ES File Explorer, Clean Master, Quick Pic Gallery and a whole host of other software, some of which are from the notorious Chinese developer, Cheetah Mobile. Many of these are still available for download as APKs from manysites and third-party Android app stores. So if you’re unsure about the background of a particular app and its developer, it is the best to avoid downloading your device.