Apps you should remove immediately

Smartphone industry is booming and so is the apps ecosystem that is built around it. More and more apps are launched everyday with each of them claiming to make your life easier than it ever was. But, not all of these apps do what they claim to do instead they are just wreaking havoc onto your smartphone by consuming loads of memory and compromising the performance of your device. 

Today, we bring to you a list of potentially dangerous applications that you should immediately remove from your smartphone.

Google recently revealed that it took down over 700,000 apps from the Google Play Store in 2017 which were found to contain some malicious code or were violating the Google's terms of services in some way, thereby compromising the security of your device. According to Google the number is 70% more than what it was in 2016.

Recently, cybersecurity company Check Point announced a list of 22 most dangerous android apps that could cause harm to your devices security. Most of these apps were listed as utility apps and claimed to help smartphone users in some way or other. The apps were also given names like Wifi Password Pro, Brightest Flashlight to fool people into believing that these apps were infact legit.

According to CheckPoint, once downloaded these apps would automatically override the user's decision of not showing certain irrelevant ads and would also hide icons of apps in some cases making it difficult for common users to remove them. CheckPoint has reported Google of these dangerous apps and Google has claimed that it has removed all the apps from the Play Store.

The list released by CheckPoint is given below -

• Smart Swipe
• Real time Booster
• File Transfer Pro
• Network Guard
• Led Flashlight
• Voice Recorder Pro
• Free Wifi Pro
• Call Recorder & Call Recorder Pro
• Realtime Cleaner
• Super Flashlight lite
• Wallpaper HD
• Cool Flashlight
• Master Wifi Key
• Wifi Security Master
• Free Wifi Connect
• Brightest LED Flashlight & Brightest LED Flashlight Pro
• Brightest Flashlight
• Call Recording Manager
• Smart Free Wifi

If you have any of these apps installed on your android smartphone then you should immediately remove them. The next time you install any application on your smartphone please do keep in mind that it is not one of these as although they are removed from the Google Play Store as of now but, they are still distributed via third party application markets.

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A few points that you must keep in mind whenever you are installing a new application in your smartphone are -

• Do not install any application from untrusted third party markets. Always use the App Store for iOS and Google Play Store for android smartphones.
• Don't install apps that claim to improve your battery performance as they instead of improving your battery life will harm it by sucking on the battery's juice while running in the background.
• Don't install antivirus applications as your smartphone is itself capable to do everything that the antivirus applications claim to do and such applications are only needed for those who oftenly install apps from third party sources.
• Never install any app that claims to increase storage space like Clean Master as the same can be done yourself by going into settings and clearing the cache. Moreover, such apps can slow down your phone by frequently killing applications to increase free RAM, so the killed apps have to be restarted again which eventually leads to consuming even more power.

By following the above mentioned points you will never run into a harmful app install and your smartphone's security will not be compromised. Also, we would like to hear your views on the increasing concern over smartphone security. Voice out your opinion in the comment section below.