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Over half a million Android users have installed an app used to deliver Joker malware after downloading it from the Google Play store.Cybersecurity researchers at Pradeo identified the malware, which Google has now removed from its official Android app marketplace. Before its removal, the app, called 'Color Message', was downloaded by more than 500,000 Android users.
Advertised as an app that allowed users to personalise their default SMS messages, Color Message was a front to deliver Joker, one of the most prolific forms of Android malware.
Users who have downloaded Color Message from the Google Play Store have been urged to uninstall the app immediately.