Google has recently removed 22 Android apps from the
Play Store. The apps were removed for abusing Android
devices to load and click on ads behind the users' backs.
The Google Play Store has been plagued by an adware
epidemic these past few months, as ZDNet detailed in a
What made this particular Android adware campaign stand
out wasn't the fact that the infected apps clicked ads behind
users' backs, but the fact that the apps disguised the
Android device as an iPhone in the eyes of online
Advertisers.
The reason for this highly unusual behavior is that ad
networks value traffic from Apple devices more than
Android, Linux, or Windows. This particular adware
gang appears to have noticed this small detail and
reacted accordingly.
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