- Jan 8, 2011
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Developer behind fake Android antivirus app "Virus Shield" to refund customers, and said it was a "foolish mistake".
The developer behind a "fake" Android antivirus app that was downloaded thousands of times has told the Guardian it was a "foolish mistake" and that users will be refunded.
Jesse Carter, whose Deviant Solutions uploaded the app on Sunday 28 March, insisted that "we never intended to scam our customers on Google Play" with the non-functional app.
Called "Virus Shield", the app shot into the Google Play paid charts. It sold for $3.99 and was downloaded more than 30,000 times between being uploaded on Sunday 28 March and being taken down on Sunday 6 April, according to app store monitoring firm Appbrain.
The developer behind a "fake" Android antivirus app that was downloaded thousands of times has told the Guardian it was a "foolish mistake" and that users will be refunded.
Jesse Carter, whose Deviant Solutions uploaded the app on Sunday 28 March, insisted that "we never intended to scam our customers on Google Play" with the non-functional app.
Called "Virus Shield", the app shot into the Google Play paid charts. It sold for $3.99 and was downloaded more than 30,000 times between being uploaded on Sunday 28 March and being taken down on Sunday 6 April, according to app store monitoring firm Appbrain.
