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the winner of the Xbox One vs. PS4 console war still looks like Sony.[image via gameinformer]Flappy Bird Clones Contain Malware That Will Steal Your Information. Developer, Dong Nguyen, removed Flappy Bird from all app stores, in February, because he felt it was too addictive. I think it is an unexpected problem … and I have to remove it, Dong said, according to USA Today.Almost immediately, clones of Flappy Bird began to pop up on every device, offering people a way to get their fix of the app.Well, digital security expert, McAfee, released its quarterly Threat Report at the end of June. It revealed that a huge amount of the Flappy Bird clone apps that exist contain dangerous malware.They sampled almost 300 Flappy Bird clones and nearly 80% of them were fronts for the illegal programs.The malware that was found within the Flappy Bird clones had various purposes.One of the most common purposes was to make unapproved calls to numbers that charge by the minute. Other malware apps sent unapproved text messages to billing sites. Those are typically going to shell companies where money can be taken out of the back end, said Santa Clara McAfee Chief Technical Strategist Brian Kenyon.Some of the other malware programs were used to extract the user's ZIP code. When matched up with the credit card associated with the phone and the Flappy Bird clone, it allows hackers to sort stolen information by area. You can't sell a stolen credit card number from California to a guy in Florida, because if he buys gas with it and then an hour later the real owner buys groceries in California, the security system kicks in, Kenyon said.Most of the rest of the Flappy Bird clone malware was used to establish root access for uninhibited control over anything on the device, including the recording, sending, and receiving of SMS messages, McAfee's report said.Android phones are most vulnerable http://www.shopdofus.com to the Flappy Bird malware, with jailbroken Apple devices following closely behind.If you have downloaded a Flappy Bird clone already, make sure to remain vigilant. Check your credit card and telephone bills very carefully for charges you don't recognize. It's for the best that you delete the app immediately, but it may require further action. To find out your best course of action, you should contact the customer service branch of your phone.If you haven't downloaded a Flappy Bird clone, it'd be better for you to wait. There's supposed to be a less addictive, multiDofus player version, released by the original developer, in August.[ Image courtesy of PC Magazine ] Battlefield: Hardline' Beta To Open Again This Year, Details From Visceral Dofus games. The first Battlefield: Hardline beta may be over, but Visceral Dofus games has announced that it's only the first round. There will be another chance to get in on it later this year.