Researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point recently discovered a new mobile malware called "Agent Smith" that they claim has infected around 25 million devices, mainly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Apparently, several popular apps on the Play Store were infected with the malware, but Google is believed to have removed them all before they could cause further damage.

The following apps were reportedly infected with ‘Agent Smith’, so in case you have any of them on your device, you need to uninstall them ASAP:
  1. Ludo Master- New Ludo Game 2019 For Free
  2. Blockman Go: Free Realms & Mini Games
  3. Crazy Juicer – Hot Knife Hit Game & Juice Blast
  4. Sky Warriors: General Attack
  5. Bio Blast – Infinity Battle Shoot virus
  6. Shooting Jet
  7. Photo Projector
  8. Gun Hero — Gunman Game for Free
  9. Cooking Witch
  10. Color Phone Flash – Call Screen Theme
  11. Clash of Virus
  12. Angry Virus
  13. Rabbit Temple
  14. Star Range
  15. Kiss Game: Touch Her Heart
  16. Girl Cloth Xray Scan Simulator

As you can see from the names, the list includes a variety of apps and games, most of which were bad clones of popular games, such as Temple Run, Fruit Ninja, Bubble Witch, and more. Fortunately, however, Google has removed all malicious apps reported by Check Point, and no known apps infused with Agent Smith are available for download on the Play Store anymore.
In case you don't know, Agent Smith masquerades as a Google-related app and "automatically replaces genuine apps on the device with malicious versions without user interaction." Apparently, the malware only uses its extensive access to the device's resources to display fraudulent ads, but according to the researchers, it could easily be used for "much more intrusive and damaging purposes, such as the theft of bank credentials."

An article By Munna Suprathik