![]() "We review every app that developers submit for potential malware and performance issues." "Every app is tested and certified by Microsoft so you can feel confident when you download one from the Windows Phone Store," stated the official Windows Phone blog last August. ![]() Given those possibilities, how did these fake apps get into the Windows Phone store in the first place? Google's mobile apps are widely popular Windows Phone versions of them would be a huge deal, and the pool of potential victims could have been equally huge. It's possible the apps could have, like fake Android apps, led to survey scams, phished personal information or contained actual malware. Neither WinBeta, nor The Next Web, which also reported on the scam, installed any of the fake apps to see what they really did. The second, more subtle, sign was that the apps listed their developer as "Google, Inc." The legitimate Google Search app for Windows phone lists its developer as "Google Inc." without the comma, as do all Google apps in the Google Play Android app store.īut it's hard to blame anyone who fell for it - on Apple's iTunes App Store, the legitimate publisher is listed as "Google, Inc." with a comma.Īstute observers at the Microsoft-focused blog WinBeta noticed the discrepancy late last week and messaged the Windows Phone app store, which promptly took down the fake apps Friday (March 28).
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