Fleeceware
Fleeceware is a type of malware mobile application that come with hidden, excessive subscription fees. These applications also take advantage of users who do not know how to cancel a subscription to keep charging them long after they have deleted the application. As of 2020, more than 600 million users installed Android fleeceware apps from the Play Store. The term was coined in 2019 by British reseachers.
Q620615
mobile application
Concept
Q4054833
subscription fee
Concept
Q94
Android
MISC
Q79576
Play Store
MEDIA
Q97357571
Fleeceware
Concept
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2020
DATE
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2019
DATE
subclass of
operating system