That popular YouTube alternative on Android TV was secretly distributing infected builds

Credit: SmartTube

TL;DR

A new report reveals that SmartTube, the popular YouTube app removed from Android TV and Fire TV devices last week, contained malware after the developer’s build machine was compromised.
Some official app versions released earlier this month were unintentionally distributed with that malware.
A clean, newly signed version of SmartTube is now available for download.
Users who may have installed the malware-infected versions of the app are recommended to reset their devices and take additional steps to review their YouTube and Google account information.

Google Play Protect disabled SmartTube last week after the app’s digital signature was exposed. At the time, it was believed that the signature leak was the primary reason Google and Amazon forcibly removed the app from users’ devices.

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