Eight applications from the Microsoft Store application store have been deleted for the reason that the mine’s Monero cryptocurrency is hidden on users' devices. Funds from mining went to the wallets of application developers.
It is worth noting that such applications as Fast-search Lite, Battery Optimizer (Tutorials), VPN Browsers +, YouTube Video Downloader, Clean Master + (Tutorials), FastTube, Findoo Browser 2019, and Findoo Mobile & “caught” hid the cryptocurrency. Desktop Search. According to Symantec's cybersecurity experts, judging by the structure of the applications, they were all created by a single development team.
Due to the fact that Microsoft Store does not have information about the number of application installations, it is impossible to say how many devices were mining. Nevertheless, the Internet has a lot of reviews on the above applications, which can tell about their popularity.