In a recent warning to the users of Android devices, computer security firm Symantec has revealed that a fake Netflix mobile app is making rounds of late; and that the app has the potential to pilfer personal information.

In its blog post, Symantec said that though the fake app - Android. Fakeneflic - appears fairly akin to a legitimate Netflix app, it is actually a Trojan that can steal the account data of the Android users.

The phony app – which first appeared on an online user forum - essentially sends the log-in information of Android users to a remote server; and them tries to uninstall itself by displaying a message that makes a mention of some incompatibility issue with the hardware.

Even though Symantec said in its blog post that the server which was receiving the stolen log-in information of Android users is seemingly offline of late, the computer security firm did add that the stolen log-in details are used by the app creators to hack the users’ accounts and access some other data as well.

Advising Android users to exercise caution while procuring their apps and to ensure that the apps are downloaded only from reliable sources, Symantec said about the fake app that it apparently was the limited release of the real Netflix app for Android, together with the immense interest that users showed in getting Netflix running on their Android device, which resulted in creating “the perfect cover for Andoid. Fakeneflic to exploit.”