All Android owners, beware - these three activity-tracking apps promise you money through advertisements yet never pay out. Delete these apps from your Android device right now.
The three problem apps are Lucky Step-Walking Tracker, WalkingJoy and Lucky Habit: health tracker. Lucky Step and WalkingJoy have been taken down from the Google Play Store. However, as of when this article is written, Lucky Habit remains online.
Each app is meant to help you track your steps and other habits, and they all connect with the same command and control server, according to experts at software company Dr. Web. These servers are typically used by hackers to send directions to systems infected with malware.
These apps promise you money for doing things like walking more steps and watching more ads. The more activities you complete, the more rewards you earn, which would then be redeemable for cash. However, these scammish apps would then update themselves so that the option for you to turn your rewards into cash disappears from your app altogether.
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Even when you provide banking information to the apps to get paid, the apps have no way of verifying the information, so the chances of you getting paid are slim to none. The more ads that you watch, the more money the app developers have been making, rather than the other way around.
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*Please note settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer.
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Have you deleted these apps from your Android device yet? Let us know if you've had any negative experiences.
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