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04-21-2014, 04:23 PM
Google makes amends for Android anti-virus app scam turned best-seller
http://c2.bgr.com/2012/10/android-security-fbi-malware-warning.jpeg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/04/21/virus-shield-android-app-scam-refund/)A fake Android anti-virus application managed to fool many customers*into buying it (http://bgr.com/2014/04/07/worst-android-apps-virus-shield/), even though it didn’t really have any anti-virus features. The $3.99 quickly rose through the ranks, reaching the top of the Google Play Store sales charts before Android Police discovered (http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/04/19/google-issues-refunds-and-an-extra-5-play-store-credit-to-android-users-who-bought-the-phony-virus-shield-app/) the truth behind it. The application was ******* from the store once the fraud had been uncovered, but the fact still remained that more than 10,000 users purchased it - The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/tech**logy/2014/apr/10/fake-android-antivirus-app-developer-virus-shield) says (http://www.theguardian.com/tech**logy/2014/apr/10/fake-android-antivirus-app-developer-virus-shield)*more than 30,000 buyers were duped. However it looks like Google (http://bgr.com/google/) has taken the issue into its own hands and it’s making amends to those affected.
Continue reading... (http://bgr.com/2014/04/21/virus-shield-android-app-scam-refund/)
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http://c2.bgr.com/2012/10/android-security-fbi-malware-warning.jpeg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/04/21/virus-shield-android-app-scam-refund/)A fake Android anti-virus application managed to fool many customers*into buying it (http://bgr.com/2014/04/07/worst-android-apps-virus-shield/), even though it didn’t really have any anti-virus features. The $3.99 quickly rose through the ranks, reaching the top of the Google Play Store sales charts before Android Police discovered (http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/04/19/google-issues-refunds-and-an-extra-5-play-store-credit-to-android-users-who-bought-the-phony-virus-shield-app/) the truth behind it. The application was ******* from the store once the fraud had been uncovered, but the fact still remained that more than 10,000 users purchased it - The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/tech**logy/2014/apr/10/fake-android-antivirus-app-developer-virus-shield) says (http://www.theguardian.com/tech**logy/2014/apr/10/fake-android-antivirus-app-developer-virus-shield)*more than 30,000 buyers were duped. However it looks like Google (http://bgr.com/google/) has taken the issue into its own hands and it’s making amends to those affected.
Continue reading... (http://bgr.com/2014/04/21/virus-shield-android-app-scam-refund/)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~4/Kr0ZYghBGr0