The 22 Android apps that you need to remove from your phone now

Sophos security company experts warn Android phone owners about 22 shady apps that drain the battery life and could lead to a big phone bill.

The sun reported that "click-fraud" applications claimed to be normal apps on the Google Play Store, but were secretly executing criminal actions out of sight.

The 22 apps have been collectively downloaded over 22 million times.

"From a user's point of view, these applications unload the battery from their phone and can cause data overload because they run continuously and communicate with servers in the background," said researchers. The sun.

Warning signs include increased data usage and battery life, but it is difficult to identify such problems for a particular application.

Although Google has removed the shady applications of the Play Store the week of November 25, they can still work if they are already installed on an Android phone.

There are the applications you need to uninstall now:

• Sparkle FlashLight – com.sparkle.flashlight
• Snake Attack – com.mobilebt.snakefight
• Math Solver – com.mobilebt.mathsolver
• ShapeSorter – com.mobilebt.shapesorter
• Take a trip – com.takatrip.android
• Magnifeye – com.magnifeye.android
• Join – com.pesrepi.joinup
• Zombie Killer – com.pesrepi.zombiekiller
• Space Rocket – com.pesrepi.spacerocket
• Neon Pong – com.pesrepi.neonpong
• Just Flashlight – app.mobile.justflashlight
• Soccer table – com.mobile.tablesoccer
• Cliff Diver – com.mobile.cliffdiver
• Box Stack – com.mobile.boxstack
• slice of jelly – net.kanmobi.jellyslice
• AK Blackjack – com.maragona.akblackjack
• Colored tiles – com.maragona.colortiles
• Animal Match – com.beacon.animalmatch
• Roulette Mania – com.beacon.roulettemania
• HexaFall – com.atry.hexafall
• HexaBlocks – com.atry.hexablocks
• PairZap – com.atry.pairzap