Malware News Don’t install Fortnite Android APK because it could infect your mobile device

LASER_oneXM

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Fortnite is currently the most popular game, crooks are attempting to exploit the interest in forthcoming Fortnite Android to infect millions of fans.

No doubt, Fortnite is currently the most popular game, it is a co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly.

The game was released as a paid-for early access title for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 25, 2017, with a full free-to-play releases in 2018.

The Fortnite game has now more than 125 million active users.

The great success obtained by the Fortnite attracted cyber criminals that are attempting to exploit its popularity to target the fans.

The company announced that the Battle Royale game is planned to be released for Android devices this summer.
In the recent weeks, crooks attempted to take advantage of Android users’ interest in an alleged version for their devices of the popular game.

Surfing online it is quite easy to find blog posts and video tutorial with instructions to install fake Fortnite Android App.
I spent an entire week to explain to my son and his friends the risks of installing APK from untrusted sources, believe me … it was the unique real battle royal of this story

Just searching for ‘Fortnite Android App’ on YouTube you will get an impressive number of videos on “How to install Fortnite on Android,” many of these videos were viewed millions of times also include links to actual Fortnite APK files.
 

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There's a bad case of these on YouTube including showing them as Ads. Google supports Scammers.

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At the time of posting - No official release had been made on Fortnite (Epic Games) website, blog or Google Play Store.
 

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