Judy malware: Here is the complete list of infected Google Play Store apps

In what would be one of the biggest malware stories of our time, the security researchers at Check Point had unearthed an Android malware campaign that could have infected up to 36.5 million Android users to date. The malware called “Judy” has spread or rather had been spreading, undetected over the past year in the form of 41 applications that have been available for download on the Google Play Store.

After being informed by Check Point Google reacted by quickly taking down all of these 41 applications from the Play Store. Unfortunately for Android users, the damage had already been done.

The apps did not come from one developer but several developers who all had the same malware. For now it isn’t clear whether the deveopers were connected. What Check Point did reveal was that the code could have been replicated by third-party developers adding some more developers to that list.

Judy works by generating clicks on advertisements. This allows hackers to charge advertisers for the clicks, getting them plenty of money in return.

From the Check Point report these applications have been downoad between 4.5 to 18.5 million times and there is a big chance that users could have been a victim of the Judy malware.

Thanks to Check Point, we now have a long list of apps developed by Korea-based Kiniwini, that happens to be a registered developer on the Google Play Store. Oddly, these also happen to be apps that have received 4 star ratings complete with positive reviews on the Play Store.

If you are a bit confused as to which are of these apps are infected and which are not? A simple solution is to simply uninstall any app with the word “Judy” in it.