{"id":17771,"date":"2021-02-09T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/this-popular-barcode-scanner-android-app-has-been-updated-with-malware-uninstall-it-now\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:00:06","slug":"this-popular-barcode-scanner-android-app-has-been-updated-with-malware-uninstall-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=17771","title":{"rendered":"This Popular Barcode Scanner Android App Has Been Updated With Malware, Uninstall It Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/popular-app-android-malware-uninstall-now\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/54216\/thumbnail\/default\/Android_Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"This Popular Barcode Scanner Android App Has Been Updated With Malware, Uninstall It Now\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nA barcode scanning app for Android with more than 10 million downloads under its belt has been found to be the culprit of unwanted ads and pop-ups when using the default browser. 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