"Updates" that interrupt your interaction with the app in an unexpected way.A strange, unofficial looking "update" dialog with no way to close out of it.The various steps they go through serve to obfuscate their true purpose from well-meaning users who just want to kill some time with a free game. The very worst part is that these apps could easily evolve to more damaging behavior, such as using an Android device to mine cryptocurrency or even deliver a ransomware payload. In this case, the payload collected location data and other personal information, uploading it to a remote server, and then inundating the user with ads. These fake updates are in fact additional malicious apps that then deliver a payload. The Avast Threat Labs has the full report Opens a new window. Another problem is that they're finding sneaky ways to get these on the Google App Store, and socially engineer users into downloading fake updates which eventually drop malware. Problem is that criminals know how popular these games are, and likely always will be. I know my wife does, and that she has had various games of this type on her Android phone - the free ones, of course. Now, I think many folks think of mobile games when they think of "block puzzles" or Tetris clones. how many hours I logged on that machine and that cart. When I think of "block puzzle games," I usually think of my old Nintendo Game Boy and the Tetris cart that came with it Opens a new window.
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