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60,000,000
60,000,000 -- app downloads for Google Play Store ad fraud campaign apps (2025)
Hundreds of Google Play Store apps involved in an ad fraud campaign accumulated over 60 million downloads.
- The source specifies 'over 60 million' downloads across hundreds of apps
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60,000,000
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Count
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Bitdefender
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Tier B
https://bitdefender.in/do-ads-keep-popping-up-on-your-phone-how-to-stop-it/ ↗
Source Article
Bitdefender Advanced Business, Gravityzone Business Security - Blog
Do Ads Keep Popping Up On Your Phone? How To Stop It
If ads keep popping up on your phone, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there is a way to stop them before they bug you even more or become a malware or identity fraud threat. These interruptions start with a simple “tap pop-ups” or “push notificatio…
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Bitdefender
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Bitdefender security research identifying apps participating in an ad fraud campaign; threshold stated as 'over 60 million'
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Google Play Store ad fraud campaign apps: 60,000,000 app downloads. Source: Bitdefender (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/play-store-ad-fraud-app-downloads-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/play-store-ad-fraud-app-downloads-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>60,000,000</strong> -- app downloads for Google Play Store ad fraud campaign apps<br><small>Source: Bitdefender (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/play-store-ad-fraud-app-downloads-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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