Perisian hasad iklan (adware) ini menyamar dalam bentuk aplikasi fotografi dan permainan yang sudah dimuat turun lebih daripada 8 juta kali.

Penyelidik dari Trend Micro telah mendedahkan sebanyak 85 aplikasi perisian Android yang terdapat di dalam Google Play Store sebenarnya adalah perisian hasad iklan (adware).

Memburukkan keadaan adalah aplikasi-aplikasi ini didapati telah dimuat turun lebih daripada 8 juta kali oleh pengguna peranti Android di seluruh dunia.

Isu ini nampak seakan remeh tetapi hasil kaji selidik Trend Micro yang dilaporkan dalam laporan bertajuk 2018 Mobile Threat Landscape, perisian hasad iklan yang banyak terdapat di dalam aplikasi telefon pintar telah menyebabkan kerugian hampir USD5 bilion pada tahun lepas.

Perisian hasad iklan ini didapati mengelirukan pengguna Android dengan menyamar dalam pelbagai bentuk aplikasi fotografi dan permainan.

Teknik ini amat popular digunakan oleh penjenayah siber yang mahu mengaut keuntungan mudah seperti memaparkan iklan-iklan berskala penuh pada skrin peranti pengguna dan memaksa pengguna melihat iklan yang dipaparkan sehingga habis sebelum mereka dapat menutupnya.

Susulan daripada penemuan ini, pihak Google telah dimaklumkan oleh penyelidik Trend Micro dan Google telah pun membuang kesemua aplikasi yang disenaraikan dari Play Store mereka serta-merta.

Berikut adalah senarai aplikasi-aplikasi tersebut sepertimana yang dilaporkan oleh Trend Micro:-

Package Name	App Name	Download
com.camera.selfie.super.two	super Selfie	1,000,000
com.cos.ygy.camera.new	Cos Camera	1,000,000
com.pop.camera.pop	Pop Camera	1,000,000
com.puzzle.ygyline.onestroke	One Stroke Line Puzzle	1,000,000
com.eraser.ygycamera.background	Background Eraser	500,000
com.magicvcam.hdmeet.cam008	Meet Camera	500,000
com.mobwontools.pixel.blur.editor	Pixel Blur	500,000
com.music.play.hi.cloud	Hi Music Play	500,000
com.onestoke.games.www.puzzlegame	One Line Stroke	500,000
com.beautiful.ygyhouse.painting.funnygame	Beautiful House	100,000
com.blurphoto.editor.mob.wontools	Blur Photo Editor	100,000
com.camera.airbrush.unique.cos	Cos Camera	100,000
com.camera.stylish	Stylish Camera	100,000
com.face.facecam.cam360	Face Camera	100,000
com.magicvcam.beauty.yoobao.camera	Beauty Camera	100,000
com.magicvcam.photos.ygy.tool.magic	Magic Camera	100,000
com.magicvcam.super.selfiecam.camera	Super Selfiecam	100,000
com.magicvcam.tool.beauty.camera	Beauty Camera	100,000
com.magicvcam.ygycronus.camera.magic	Magic Camera	100,000
com.one.stroke.ygy.puzzle	One Stroke Line Puzzle	100,000
com.owl.yg.ycamera	Owl Camera	100,000
com.seals.camera360.selfie.beauty	Seals Camera	100,000
com.ss.selfie.artifact.camera	Selfie Artifact	100,000
com.sweet.face.selfie.camera	Selfie Camera	100,000
com.toysmash.cube.crushgames	Toy Smash	100,000
com.two.color.house.hotgames	Color House	100,000
com.blur.img.png.jpge.fast	Fast Blur	50,000
com.date.time.stamp.camera	Date Stamp Camera	50,000
com.game.find.theygy.difference	Find Differences	50,000
com.oceans.glamoo	Charm Camera	50,000
com.oceans.two.cherry	Cherry Camera	50,000
com.oneline.stoke.games.www.puzzlegame	One Line Stroke	50,000
com.pic.photo.editor.eraser	PIC Eraser	50,000
com.sweet.camera.selfie.mi	Sweet Selfie	50,000
com.toystory.blast.cube.crush	Toy Story	50,000
com.blurcam.pro.usefultools	Blur Camera	10,000
com.camera360.sweetcamera	Sweet Camera	10,000
com.fire.color.house.hotgames	Color House	10,000
com.magicvcam.meet.camera	Meet Camera	10,000
com.photo.background.eraser.besttools	Photo Background Eraser	10,000
com.selfie.dog.six	Selfie Dog	10,000
com.smart.file.manager.commander	Smart File Manager	10,000
com.super.selfie.cam6	Selfie Camera	10,000
com.time.date.stamp.camera.xixifunction	Date Stamp Camera	10,000
com.camera.easy.photo.beauty.Pro	Easy Camera Pro	5,000
com.game.connect.together.firegame	Connect Together	5,000
com.toy.blast.cube.crush.funnygame.toys	Toy Blast	5,000
com.video.player.ygyhd	HD Video Player	5,000
com.cam.doge.fine	Selfie Dog	1,000
com.camnew.xseals	Seals Camera	1,000
com.candy.crushfunny.toystoys	Toy Smash	1,000
com.connect.dots.maker.drawoneline	Draw 1 Line	1,000
com.magicvcam.camera.meet	Meet Camera	1,000
com.magicvcam.camera.newmeet	Meet Camera	1,000
com.magicvcam.fancy.photo.camera	Fancy Camera	1,000
com.magicvcam.meet.photograph	Meet Camera	1,000
com.magicvcam.mine.ygycamera.magic	Magic Camera	1,000
com.magicvcam.ygycamera.magic.tool	Magic Camera	1,000
com.new.panda.selfie.camera	Panda Camera	1,000
com.one.stroke.drawing.connect.nature	One Stroke Drawing	1,000
com.onetouch.connect.dots.oneline.draw	One Touch Draw	1,000
com.photoeditor.background.change	Background Changer	1,000
com.photoprint.ygy.eraser.background	Background Eraser	1,000
com.qrcode.barcode.scanner.reader.free	QR Code Scanner	1,000
com.quick.blur.face.you.pic	Quick Blur	1,000
com.tools.blur.master.editor	Blur Master	1,000
com.box.checkers.chess.free	Checkers box	500
com.filemanager.infinite.free	Face Camera	500
com.magicvcam.fashion.ygymagic	Fashion Camera	500
com.mob.wongame.color.house	Color House	500
com.perfect.camera.simple	Perfect Camera	500
com.toy.blast.cube.crush.toysfun	Toy Blast	500
com.camera.easy.photo.beauty	Easy Camera	100
com.mirth.cam.pic	Mirth Cam	100
com.oceans.cherry	Cherry Camera	100
com.ygy.find.spot.the.difference	Find Differences	100
com.face.camera360	361 Camera	50
com.puzzle.lines1.drawstroke	one-line draw puzzle stroke	50
com.cam999.beautycam.camera	Super Camera	10
com.camera.stylish.new	Stylish Camera	10
com.connect.smash.game.firegame	Connect Smash	10
com.jelly.crush.europam.games	Jelly Crush	10
com.seals.xcam	Seals Camera	10
com.super.photo.ygy.camera	Super Camera	10
com.video.nin.cut.face	Video Cut	10

Jadi, sekiranya  anda pengguna peranti Android dan ada memuat turun mana-mana aplikasi yang disenaraikan di atas, dinasihatkan supaya anda segera membuang aplikasi itu dari peranti pintar Android tersebut.