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Android Apps with 1.5M+ Installs Boost Ad Revenue with Ghost Clicks - silversurfer - 29 August 19
Quote:Two apps in the Google Play that collectively had been installed over 1.5 million times used a creative method to load ads without even showing them to the user.
The stealthy technique completes with an automated ad-clicking process that contributes to increased revenue for the author.
The tactic allowed Android developer Idea Master to keep in Google Play for about a year two of their apps engaged in this type of illicit activity.
One of the apps is called 'Idea Note: OCR Text Scanner, GTD, Color Notes' and allows taking colorful notes. It was last updated on August 23 and its install count is over 1 million. The average rating from almost 4,000 users is 3.7.
The other one is a fitness app named 'Beauty Fitness: daily workout, best HIIT coach.' Its install count is over 500,000 and had an average rating of 4.8 from 3,300 reviewers.
Read more here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-apps-with-15m-installs-boost-ad-revenue-with-ghost-clicks/