Fake Google Chrome app with over 1 lakh downloads found on Google Play: How to spot and what to do next

A fraudulent version of the Google Chrome browser was found on the Google Play Store. The fake app tricked users by mimicking ...

Fake Chrome app slipped into the Google Play Store and racked up over 100,000 installs

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Yikes: Google let a fake Chrome app on the Play Store, and it got over 100,000 downloads

A fake Chrome app got into the Play Store, was downloaded over 100K times, and ranked above the real Chrome before being ...
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Fake Google Chrome App With 100,000+ Downloads Promoted on Google Play

A fake version of Google Chrome appeared in the Google Play Store, even securing a sponsored position above the legitimate ...

A fake Chrome app with 100,000+ downloads was spotted on the Play Store [U: Removed]

A fake Google Chrome app showing 100,000+ downloads used a bait-and-switch trick and paid ads to top the Google Play Store ...

A fake Android app pretending to be Google Chrome reportedly got 100,000 Play Store downloads before Google removed it.

A Reddit user spotted the fake “Chrome” app as a sponsored suggestion above the real version. As Android Authority reports, ...

After Chrome, we now have a WhatsApp dupe on the Play Store with 500,000+ downloads

An app pretending to be WhatsApp Messenger has racked up more than half a million Play Store downloads over the past month.
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Google Chrome web app installs get new Play Store-like design

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...