Google has pulled a number of Android apps from its Play Store after a report found a number of developers were engaged in a large-scale ad fraud scheme. The deception involved inserting code which caused the apps to automatically click on advertisements without the user's knowledge, even when the application wasn't running. Six of the apps involved were developed by DU Group, which spun off from Baidu March, including Selfie Camera, which has been downloaded more than 50 million times.
Google has pulled a number of Android apps from its Play Store after a report found a number of developers were engaged in a large-scale ad fraud scheme. The deception involved inserting code which caused the apps to automatically click on advertisements without the user's knowledge, even when the application wasn't running. Six of the apps involved were developed by DU Group, which spun off from Baidu last year, including Selfie Camera, which has been downloaded more than 50 million times.