In order to monetize more, the app developer possibly decided to use HayLive’s success to promote malicious apps via the “more apps from this developer” notification. We can only speculate, but it could be the app developer originally only developed HayLive and it became relatively popular.
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The app looks different from the rest, has a few more users than the other apps, a webpage that goes along with the app, and the app’s APK structure is unlike the others. There is one app made by developer, Mplus Group, called HayLive that is not malicious.
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While the apps do contain some of the features they promote, most of them display an abundance of advertisements, contain code that downloads additional malicious apps, which can trick users into giving up their Facebook login credentials. Avast has reported the apps to Google and the developer accounts have been blocked. We also found additional downloaders uploaded to the Play Store by other developers that specifically target Vietnamese users.
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The original downloader apps we found pose as various entertainment and lifestyle apps, such as barcode scanners, voice recorders, and a chess game targeting English and Vietnamese Android users. To do so, the malicious apps use social engineering tactics to trick victims into giving them up. The downloaders are capable of downloading further apps that pose as system apps, some of which are capable of stealing Facebook login credentials. Multiple downloaders, malicious apps that download further malicious apps to infected devices, have made it onto the Google Play Store. Further, you need to select the account you want to unlink and then tap ‘Remove from Accounts Center’.Avast found multiple downloaders on Google Play that can download malware designed to steal Facebook credentials
To do the same, you need to go to Profile > Menu > Settings > Accounts Center > Accounts & profiles.