Netizens complain: Win10 Mobile app store fake application problem is serious

Although Microsoft has threatened to crack down on this situation, but one year has passed, the situation of fake applications is still increasing, and Microsoft itself is constantly The company announced that it has continuously made new breakthroughs in the number of applications in the Windows and Windows Phone stores.

Why are there so many fake apps in the Windows Phone app store?

According to Avast analysis, on the one hand, Google and Apple’s app store reviews are more rigorous, and poorly motivated developers are turning to the more relaxed Windows/Windows Phone platform; on the other hand, because users know themselves After downloading the fake app, it has not been reported, resulting in these apps remaining in the app store for months.

According to the company's investigation, fake applications on Windows Phone have reached a level of proliferation, and even well-known applications such as Facebook Messenger, CNN, BBC and Whatsapp have fake versions uploaded by developers with poor motives. ! Two months ago, the company pointed out that fake Avast Mobile Security (the company's security software) appeared on Windows Phone, which induced users to click to download other software and pose a serious threat to users' information security.

Avast also pointed out that two developers who uploaded a lot of fake apps in the Windows Phone app store, Ngetich Walter and Cheruiyot Dennis, uploaded a total of 58 different apps, all of which were fake apps. . These fake apps can be downloaded for free, while the developers behind them rely on collecting user data and advertising to gain benefits, some of which also induce users to enter or even open the purchase interface of certain products.

Avast does a simple analysis of some applications. For example, the following icon looks like the real World News CNN (CNN World News), the description of the application is basically the same as the real World News CNN. But when users download the app, they find that the real name of the app is Abundant Life. As shown below:

Avast has also been pitted, search "Avast"; the first few are fake applications! Avast tested some of them, basically advertising and deception. As shown below:

Tips: Windows Phone users in the app store to download the app in the future should pay attention to identify the developer and then decide to download. In addition, users of Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 using the Windows Store should also be aware of the same issues.

The above is a serious introduction to the fake application of the Win10 Mobile app store, please continue to pay attention to this content!