These Forty-Two Apps are listed ‘Spyware’ by the Indian Government

Everybody just loves to fill their smartphone with many useful applications that make their daily life easier. Till now, users were only aware of the reliability of those applications. Little did they know, that those applications have the ability to spy on them.

These Forty-Two Apps are listed ‘Spyware’ by the Indian Government

Indian Government is leaving to stone unturned to ensure the safety of the safety of its personnel. Another warning has been issued by Indian Army to troops on the use of Chinese applications. As per the reports, these applications can carry out cyber attacks in India.

The Indian government has announced the list of forty-two Android and iOS Chinese applications, that are either spyware or malicious ware. According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), “use of these apps by our personnel can be detrimental to data security having implications on the force and national security.”

Here is the list of forty-two Apps that you need to be careful for:

1. Weibo
2. WeChat
3. SHAREit
4. Truecaller
5. UC News
6. UC Browser
7. BeautyPlus
8. NewsDog
9. VivaVideo – QU Video Inc
10. Parallel Space
11. APUS Browser
12. Perfect Corp
13. Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
14. CM Browser
15. MI Community
16. DU recorder
17. Vault-Hide
18. YouCam Makeup
19. Mi Store
20. CacheClear DU apps studio
21. DU Battery Saver
22. DU Cleaner
23. DU Privacy
24. 360 Security
25. DU Browser
26. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
27. Baidu Translate
28. Baidu Map
29. Wonder Camera
30. ES File Explorer
31. Photo Wonder
32. QQ International
33. QQ Music
34. QQ Mail
35. QQ Player
36. QQ NewsFeed
37. WeSync
38. QQ Security Centre
39. SelfieCity
40. Mail Master
41. Mi Video call-Xiaomi
42. QQ Launcher

However, TrueCaller has denied the accusations and issued a statement that “TrueCaller is not a malware, and we are a Sweden based company”

Still, users need to watch out for the above applications.