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Parents Warned About TikTok And Instagram Over “Dodgy Apps’ They Are Advertising – KIIS1065
Parents have been warned to check their children’s internet use after a cybersecurity company fund several scam apps have been promoted to kids on social media. The malicious apps are known as “HiddenAds trojans” and pose as games, wallpaper apps and music do…
Parents have been warned to check their children’s internet use after a cybersecurity company fund several scam apps have been promoted to kids on social media.
The malicious apps are known as “HiddenAds trojans” and pose as games, wallpaper apps and music downloaders.
Once downloaded, they display ads or charge a user between $2 and $13.
The apps were discovered after a child in the Czech Republic reported to Avast security a TikTok profile promoting a strange app.
“It is particularly conc…
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