14 DAY TRIAL // As we’ve reported to you this week, the number of scam apps in the Windows Store skyrocketed in the last few months and Microsoft didn’t really seem to care about it.
And still, after complaints from users disappointed with the company’s attitude towards scam apps increased as well, Microsoft finally admitted in a public statement that it indeed needs to act quickly and remove some of the entries that could make people pay a few bucks for nothing.
It turns out that the software giant is already doing that, as some of the fake apps that were published in the store yesterday are no longer there today. In short, all these apps are trying to capitalize on the popularity of desktop software, requiring users to pay a few bucks to get the Modern version.
Both “VLC player PC” and “MozillaFirefox” were trying to do this, asking $1.99 (1.50 euros) in return for a full version that does virtually nothing. Neither of them is available for download right now.
As you can see, it seems like Microsoft has finally decided to get all these apps out of the store, although it’s really hard to understand how come that it approves them for download in the first place.
In the future, expect Microsoft to be a bit more vigilant when it comes to scam apps aiming for the Windows Store, and also, don’t be too surprised if the number of programs available for download drops dramatically in the coming weeks. It’s just the “back to school Windows 8.1 app cleaning.”