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If you recently downloaded apps promising to send you prizes and other goodies, you need to clear them off your phone immediately. A group of 56 different apps was found to be part of the same fraudulent botnet that used infected phones to silently click advertisements in the background without users noticing. Here's a list of apps you must delete.

Who wouldn't love a free puppy? These adorable little canines are on most kid's wishlist so it makes sense for parents to seek out a good deal. Now for the bad news. There's been a significant rise in puppy-related online scams and you stand to lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars if you're roped in.

As a prolific botnet spreads to computers all over the world, victims are noticing a sudden shift in the way their systems are becoming infected. Instead of a scattershot approach using phishing links and various files, it's now sending malicious Word documents that look completely authentic. Here's what you need to keep an eye out for.