If users want to download WhatsApp officially – enjoying the benefits of being able to take back their messages in the process – they would be best served by heading to WhatsApp’s website and downloading the service from the site’s official links.

More and more fake applications in Store ! Cmon /i58cyYnVNa- Nikolaos Chrysaidos November 5, 2017 Nikolaos Chrysaidos of Avast also pointed out in a tweet that even more copycats have come out since the initial fakery was publicized on November 3.

One Million downloads /dmvTksqpuP- Nikolaos Chrysaidos November 3, 2017 Install About this app arrowforward Main Features: Create realistic chat screens and notifications in popular messaging apps like iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, Messenger. Instead of a space, unicode added at the end makes it look like a space while having a different value, making it hard to detect.įake WhatsApp Update on #GooglePlay. Imagine the frustration of scrolling continuously through the chat to pass the blank space of the message, just to see if there is any message at the end. The fake application differentiates itself by adding unicode to the end of its developer name. It also attempts to stealthily download a second file to Android phones called Whatsapp.apk. The fake app, called “Update WhatsApp Messenger,” was disguised to look like the popular messaging application, but the fake was loaded with ads, according to Mashable. MANILA, Philippines – While a fake WhatsApp application that’s been downloaded more than one million times from the Google Play Store has been removed, copycat fraudsters are setting up their own fakes for unsuspecting users to download.

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