If you’ve browsed the top paid charts in Google Play recently, you may already be familiar with Virus Shield, a $4 app that promised to protect your Android-powered devices from harmful files. It amassed more than 10,000 downloads during its short time on Google Play, and received a 4.7 star rating from thousands of users.
The only problem is, those users didn’t know that Virus Shield was nothing more than a complete scam.