Exists since 2010 and its users 100 million. Google removes the popular app from its store. Why?

Google has removed a popular app from its PlayStore store, although it's been in the App Store since 2010 and has been downloaded to users' devices over 100 million times.

According to the Russian antivirus software company Kaspersky, the application Cam Scanner, which can scan PDF documents,With the release of malware on Android devices, Google has extracted them from its Google Play Store.

According to Kaspersky, the malicious code was transmitted via an advertising library. This application, which has become a "Trojan horse", hides the malicious code, has led to the emergence of "intrusive ads" in users' devices and saves users in paid subscriptions.

The malicious code is also designed to connect to the server for its developers and download additional code.

According to Kaspersky, recent updates to the Cam Scanner application have apparently removed the malicious code.

As noted by Znet's technology website, Cam Scanner has 1.8 million reviews, most of which are positive.

Kaspersky began to examine the demand after the emergence of a set of negative reviews.

This incident recalls that even the oldest popular applications are not immune to malware attacks, says Engadget.