A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it to the dark side, prompting the search-and-advertising giant to remove ...

A 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. This was not the case ...

Since 2017, the Barcode Scanner app has been widely used as both barcode and QR code scanner. Basically, it is a handy application from the Google Playstore for Android phone users. It was owned by ...

A barcode scanner with 10 million downloads is removed from Google Play marketplace after ad blitz hits phones. A barcode scanner app, with over 10 million downloads, was booted from the Google Play ...

“When good apps go bad” seems to be the name of the digital game nowadays. The Great Suspender browser extension recently showed its true colors, and now joining it in malware purgatory is the ...

Barcode scanner applications are usually quite simple, and have one purpose. Still, some of these apps offer more than others, and then there’s the design aspect to consider, as not many of them pay ...

After a December update, the Barcode Scanner Android app from Lavabird injected annoying pop-up ads inside users' mobile browsers, according to Malwarebytes. Users of a barcode scanner app on the ...

It is not new for an app available on the Google Play Store to be caught infecting millions of Android smartphones across the globe. Well, the latest one to join the list of malware apps is a popular ...

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One of the most popular third-party Android utilities — Barcode Scanner — with over 10 million Play Store installs has been outed as adware. A new report from Malwarebytes has found that the Barcode ...