Yesterday, fake WhatsApp was spotted on the Google Play Store. The app was named “Update WhatsApp Messenger” with
developer name as ‘WhatsApp Inc*’. in 24 hour , and it has over a million
downloads already.
The only difference between the original and the fake app is that the fake one has added a Unicode character space
after the WhatsApp Inc. name. In a computer code the difference is more obvious—it reads WhatsApp+Inc%C2%A0. But to
average Android users browsing Google Play, that character space would be easy to miss.It looks like in this case,
the people who got fooled by the fake app got lucky, as the app's main motive goal was just to create advertising
revenue. by using same technique
hackers can use the same techniques—stealing you all your personal data by creating fake apps.
The The dummy app was spotted by a Reddit user just yesterday. If it isn’t clear already,
The dummy app’s developer is apparently unknown, but the culprit later changed the name of the app to “Dual Whatsweb
Update,” and removed the “WhatsApp Inc.” developer title.
“we can confirm that the app was removed from Google Play and the developer account was suspended for violating google progra
program policies,” a Google spokesperson told.
theire are so many fake apps present on google playstore recentlty temple run 2 fake version uploaded on google playstore
months of october
so before downloading any legitimate apps please read all the reveiew what people is saying about the apps
developer name as ‘WhatsApp Inc*’. in 24 hour , and it has over a million
downloads already.
The only difference between the original and the fake app is that the fake one has added a Unicode character space
after the WhatsApp Inc. name. In a computer code the difference is more obvious—it reads WhatsApp+Inc%C2%A0. But to
average Android users browsing Google Play, that character space would be easy to miss.It looks like in this case,
the people who got fooled by the fake app got lucky, as the app's main motive goal was just to create advertising
revenue. by using same technique
hackers can use the same techniques—stealing you all your personal data by creating fake apps.
The The dummy app was spotted by a Reddit user just yesterday. If it isn’t clear already,
The dummy app’s developer is apparently unknown, but the culprit later changed the name of the app to “Dual Whatsweb
Update,” and removed the “WhatsApp Inc.” developer title.
“we can confirm that the app was removed from Google Play and the developer account was suspended for violating google progra
program policies,” a Google spokesperson told.
theire are so many fake apps present on google playstore recentlty temple run 2 fake version uploaded on google playstore
months of october
so before downloading any legitimate apps please read all the reveiew what people is saying about the apps
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