Alert! Google blocks these 11 smartphone apps - Check Full list and remove them now

Another incident of Android apps harming users by injecting malware on their smartphones has come to light. According to researchers at Check Point, as many as 11 apps were identified which were infected with the notorious Joker malware. Google has been tracking these apps since 2017 and has finally removed them from its Play Store. 

Check Point researchers discovered a new variant of the Joker malware that was present inside legitimate apps. Android users who may have any of these apps installed should get them removed immediately. The list of apps detected include -

com.imagecompress.android

com.cheery.message.sendsms (two different instances)

com.peason.lovinglovemessage

com.file.recovefiles

com.LPlocker.lockapps

com.remindme.alram

com.training.memorygame

What were these apps doing?