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Windows Phone Store Increasingly Targeted With Fake Mobile Apps

Posted by Soulskill on from the low-hanging-fruit dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A post by security company Avast says not only are a large amount of fake apps available from the third-party marketplace of the Windows Phone Store, but they also remain available for quite a while despite negative comments and other flags from end-users. Avast speculates that improved security and auditing procedures at rival stores such as Google Play account for the increasing attention that fake app-publishers are giving to the Windows phone app market.

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  1. Comment Subject by viperidaenz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they found it easier to personally email both Windows Phone users to warn them of the risks.

  2. Re:No need to panic by tripleevenfall · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ballmer, when the walls fell
    Satya, his eyes closed
    Windows app store, his arms wide
    Windows phone, at rest