After Searching High and Low, You Find an App You Must Have

Sure, it has no reviews the description is written in broken English. And you have to sideload it from a Taiwanese website, but it’s FREE!

So You Download It

What could possibly go WRONG?

For a While and Everything is Fine

See? I told you nothing would go wrong.

Until You Start Getting Six Spam Notifications a Day

50% off Crash of Clans? This is not what I signed up for! And did it say Crash not Clash of Clans?

And Suddenly Your Battery Life is a Third of What It Used to Be

How did this phone go from 100% battery to 32% battery in 30 minutes? Background apps, that’s how.

And Everything is so Slow

It’s almost like you’re running 16 apps in the background, but you’re not. Which means someone else is probably running 16 apps in the background.

All Crap and It Looks Like You Downloaded Malware

Don’t worry, everyone does it. But yeah, it’s kind of your fault.

Now You Have to Delete All the Apps You Downloaded in the Past Month

All 46 of them. Good luck!

Or You Could Just Grab a Free Malware Remover

Try to get one that’s not just more malware, okay? Like Safe Security, AVG AntiVirus Security, or Lookout Security & Antivirus.

Phew Everything’s Fine, But You’re Still Paranoid

Computer Monitor screen, concept of spam email

And that’s understandable, some apps are clean for a while, and only start spamming you after a mysterious update.

Next Time, Try Reading those Reviews

If the reviews say things like Stay away! This app has malware! then maybe, you should stay away, because the app has malware.

Stick To Legitimate App Stores

Yes, you will find some malware laden apps on Play, but you’ll find far more on a third-party app store.

Stay Up-to-date on Your Android Security

Not sure where to start? Try reading a guide on Android security.