5 Most Harmful Apps For Android

Don't Install These 5 Most Dangerous Malware Apps On Your Android Phone From The Play Store

But the bad thing here is that not all of them have a good intention some apps can collect data from your phone, share your personal information with others and even steal money from your bank account
Some claim to bring added features to your phone, others purport to help you with your banking or cryptocurrency, and still just look like innocent games for children. Earlier this year both ESET and IBM X-Force pointed out to Google a slew of malware programs hiding within apps on the Play Store. Google had, in just last year, removed as many as 7 lakh malware-riddled apps from it's platform. Of course, there are always more to take their place.

So here's the latest updated list of 51 of the most dangerous apps on the Google Play Store. If you have any of them on your Android, you need to delete them right away and scan your phone for good measure too.

1. Speed Booster - Memory Cleaner & CPU Task Manager

5,000,000 downloads

2. Clean Droid - 1 Tap Clear Cache & Phone Cleaner

500,000 downloads

3. Battery Saver - Bataria Energy Saver

1,000,000 downloads

4. AppLock Privacy Protector

500,000 downloads

5. Virus Cleaner Antivirus 2017 - Clean Virus Booster

1,000,000 downloads

QUICK PIC

What it is: QuickPic used to be a friendly and easy-to-use photo gallery. It was never flashy, but clear communications and frequent updates saw it steadily grow a well-sized user base.Why it’s bad: It was bought by Cheetah Mobile last year. The company immediately started uploading users’ data to their own servers, as evidenced by one Google Plus user who found a raft of new DNS requests that were attributable to the app.