{"id":11593,"date":"2019-10-31T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/xhelper-malware-silently-infects-more-than-45000-android-devices\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T09:00:17","slug":"xhelper-malware-silently-infects-more-than-45000-android-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=11593","title":{"rendered":"Xhelper Malware Silently Infects More Than 45,000 Android Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/xhelper-malware-45000-android-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/49740\/thumbnail\/default\/androidmalwareth.jpg\" alt=\"Xhelper Malware Silently Infects More Than 45,000 Android Devices\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nGoogle is having a significant problem with malware on the Google Play store with apps that continue to infect tens of thousands of users. 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