An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- March 25, 2024
- March 24, 2024
- March 23, 2024
- March 22, 2024
- March 21, 2024
- March 20, 2024
- March 19, 2024
February 9, 2021 10:02 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22275024/android-barcode-scanner-app-zxing-malware-confusion-negative-reviews
The original Barcode Scanner app, seemingly mistaken for malware, is getting review-bombed
One of the first Android apps — ZXing Team’s Barcode Scanner, an app that predates the first official release of Android itself — is currently getting review-bombed on the Google Play Store. Hundreds of users are leaving 1-star reviews claiming a recent update spews unwanted ads, while nearly 200 more have come to the app’s defense with 5-star reviews of their own.
It’s not quite clear what’s going on here, but the prevailing theory is that the 100 million-download strong app is getting mistaken for another one with the same exact name — one that might have been a clone of ZXing’s app and one that did add malware in a recent update, according to digital security firm MalwareBytes.
MalwareBytes seems to be aware of the confusion; it...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22275024/android-barcode-scanner-app-zxing-malware-confusion-negative-reviews
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
The Verge
The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011More About this Source Visit The Verge