Minecraft Pocket Edition add-ons have been infecting Android phones with Trojan malware

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for whatever reason it won't let me play on my friends realm. all of us are p.e. but mine won't work. my wifi is fine too : r/realms

i have proof i used the official website to download it and yet it still says it's a trojan : r/luckypatcher

android - My app(game) is detected as Trojan in MI phone while installing, Mi Phones detect my app as Trojan - Stack Overflow

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