42 Chinese Apps that contain malware and spyware !!

Indian Government reportedly lists42 Chinese apps as dangerous, including TrueCaller, UC Browser, Mi Store.



Indian government has advised its military personals to avoid using Chinese phones and server Chinese apps ,to avoid spyware and malware from getting access to confidential and classified information .Chinese brand are known to sell or even leak out information of its users and customers without their acknowledgement .Indian intelligence  has reportedly listed 42 mobile applications that have the potential to carry out a cyber attract against the country .





List of apps according to the report: 

Weibo,
 WeChat
 SHAREit
Truecaller
 UC News
 UC Browser
 BeautyPlus  
 NewsDog
VivaVideo- QU Video Inc
 Parallel Space
 APUS Browser
 Perfect Corp
 Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
 CM Browser
Mi Community
 DU recorder
Vault-Hide
YouCam Makeup
 Mi Store
CacheClear DU apps studio
DU Battery Saver
 DU Cleaner
 DU Privacy
360 Security
DU Browser
 Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
 Baidu Translate
 Baidu Map
Wonder Camera
 ES File Explorer
 Photo Wonder
 QQ International
 QQ Music
 QQ Mail
 QQ Player
 QQ NewsFeed
 WeSync
QQ Security Centre
SelfieCity
Mail Master
 Mi Video call-Xiaomi
 QQ Launcher


Even if you are not a military personal ,you should not install these apps to avoid being victim of  cyber crime .We all  have private data in our cell phones be it our images , bank account details , contacts ,emails etc one should not share his private details or data with any unknown applications.

                    Meanwhile ,Truecaller has replied in this matter ,it says "“In response to certain reports, we would like to clarify that we are a Sweden based company. We are not sure why the app is on this list, but we’re investigating. Truecaller is not a malware, and all our features are permission based and are disabled by default."I would consider truecaller  safer than other apps listed above .
                                        If you have noticed ,its interesting that most of the apps listed above are anti-virus s and web browser. UC browser was recently removed from play store but it has popped up again  .If you value your security and private data ,avoid using the apps listed above apart from truecaller being Swedish company and not Chinese .Being said that it is better to be safe than sorry .



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