CAMSCANNER ANDROID APP REMOVED FROM PLAY STORE.

Camscanner removed from play store,100 million downloads removed

Android user deletes camscanner now!!

If you are using the CamScanner app on your Android phone then remove it immediately. Researchers at Internet security firm Kaspersky Labs have unearthed a malware in the CamScanner app that is mainly used by people to create PDF. 

The app has been downloaded in over 100 million Android phones. Interestingly, the CamScanner app is not a malware and it started out as a completely legit Android app.

“CamScanner was actually a legitimate app, with no malicious intentions whatsoever, for quite some time. It used ads for monetization and even allowed in-app purchases,” said Kaspersky Labs in a blog post.

Reason for deleting Camscanner?

However, the problem is with the recent versions of the CamScanner app. “Recent versions of the app shipped with an advertising library containing a malicious module,” it claimed.

Trojan Detected!

The researchers claimed that the CamScanner app detected a module called “Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Necro.n”. 

“The module is a Trojan-Dropper that means the module extracts and runs another malicious module from an encrypted file included in the app’s resources. 

This “dropped” malware, in turn, is a Trojan-Downloader that downloads more malicious modules depending on what its creators are up to at the moment,” explained the report. 

With this Trojan-Dropper module, a particular app may show intrusive ads and sign users up for paid subscriptions.

Google has removed the app from the Android app store and users are recommended that they uninstall the app immediately.